Ontology Structure#

The electrochemistry ontology is structured as a domain within the EMMO universe. It also interacts with other domains including the ontologies for chemical substances and characterisation methodology. The import structure is depicted in the following figure.

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The domain ontology itself is also built using a modular structure. Aspects of the ontology which can be encapsulated and re-used independetly are structured into their own sub-domains. This structure is shown in the following figure.

../../_images/domain-electrochemistry-structure.png

The electrochemistry domain ontology is also a foundational component of related domains like domain-battery.

Versioning#

The versioning of the ontology follows the recommendations from EMMO to use semantic versioning scheme. Given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, increment the:

  1. MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes

  2. MINOR version when you add functionality in a backward compatible manner

  3. PATCH version when you make backward compatible bug fixes

Additional labels for pre-release and build metadata are available as extensions to the MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH format.