Integrating the domain vocabulary Voc4Cat into the repository Repo4Cat via Skosmos
Linke, David
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- Zenodo
- Language
- en
Abstract
We report on deploying Skosmos 3 to integrate Voc4Cat, a community-curated SKOS vocabulary for catalysis, into the NFDI4Cat data repository Repo4Cat. The vocabulary comprises approximately 500 concepts across catalysis subdomains, maintained through a GitHub-based CI/CD workflow using Excel/xlsx as the contribution interface. Our Skosmos 3 instance, hosted at ZB MED in a Kubernetes environment, features automated ingestion from the Voc4Cat GitHub repository and API-based integration with Dataverse for metadata and keyword input. We skipped Skosmos 2 entirely and encountered only minor issues with Skosmos 3 during deployment. This implementation demonstrates how Skosmos supports domain-specific research data infrastructures by providing both machine-readable vocabulary access for software services and an easy-to-navigate interface for human users to explore concept hierarchies and collections.
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David Linke Integrating the domain vocabulary Voc4Cat into the repository Repo4Cat via Skosmos SWIB2025 Workshop 2025-11-17 From chaos to Skosmos: Publishing controlled vocabularies made easy
NFDI4Cat –A Community-Driven Initiative NFDI4Cat –facilitator of cooperation between academia and industry in the field of digital catalysis NFDI4Cat –The enabler for sustainable production of chemicals and energy carriers Open Science and Digitalisation as the drivers in catalysis and chemical engineering 2025-11-17/19
LIKAT Rostock Production use since Q4 2024 Link: Repo4Cat Repo4Cat builds on: 2025-11-17/19 Repo4Cat - The data repository established by NFDI4Cat 3
LIKAT Rostock 2025: experimental data published on request in repo4cat 2025-11-17/19 Are we FAIR in 2025? Yes but No. FAIR down to data level is still a challenge https://hdl.handle.net/21.11165/4cat/2d97-u7yd 4
LIKAT Rostock ❖SKOS vocabulary with SHACL-based validation ❖Multi-version, HTML static documentation, RDF vs. content-negotiation ❖Currently approx. 500 concepts from various subdomains ❖heterogeneous & homogeneous catalysis ❖electrocatalysis, biocatalysis & photocatalysis ❖reaction engineering & material science ❖Auser-friendly contribution process facilitates community contributions ❖A highly automated effective vocabulary curation workflow A catalysis-specific vocabulary for data annotation 2025-11-17/19 5 Homepage: https://nfdi4cat.github.io/voc4cat/
LIKAT Rostock Idea: Open-Source inspired Contribution Workflow …combined with Excel/xlsx as familiar user interface. 2025-11-17/19 6
LIKAT Rostock GitHub-based Vocabulary Contribution Workflow Auto-commit - adds SKOS/turtle-file - removes xlsx iterative improvement Create a pull request with new/updated xlsx Review CI results Auto-started CI pipeline - Check xlsx - Convert to SKOS - Validate (SHACL) - Create html docs Approval by editor Merge CD: Build & publish vocabulary Commit more changes Review updated CI results CI pipeline without error. “main” branch Artifacts archive created by CI Peer review & discussion CI/CD = continuous integration/delivery realized with GitHub actions 2025-11-17/19 7 Interested in workflow details? Visit the lightning talk on Wednesday.
LIKAT Rostock ❖Automated ingestion of published vocabulary data from Voc4Cat GitHub repository ❖Instance of Skosmos hosted at ZB MED ❖Sustainable solution: runs in k8s network 2025-11-17/19 Terminology Service (TS) by Skosmos TS at ZB MED: https://semanticlookup.zbmed.de/skosmos/voc4cat/en/ 8
LIKAT Rostock 2025-11-17/19 Repo4Cat & integrated Voc4Cat (via Skosmos TS) CORDI2025 contribution: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16736361 9
