SIBiLS ontology

A brief summary of a book, a research article, thesis, review, conference proceeding or any in-depth analysis of a particular subject or discipline, the purpose of which is to help the reader quickly ascertain the publication's purpose.

A concept identified at a specific position in a discourse element of a publication by a named entity extraction process.

Location of the annotation in a discourse element.

A supplemental addition to the main work. It may contain data, more detailed information about methods and materials, or provide additional detail concerning the information found in the main work.

The final principle part of a document, in which is usually found the bibliography, index, appendixes, etc.

A block quotation (also known as a long quotation or extract) is a quotation in a written document which is set off from the main text as a container for distinct paragraphs, which is typically distinguished visually using indentation, a different font, or smaller size. Block quotations are used for longer passages than run-in quotations (which are set off with quotation marks).

The central principle part of a document, that contains the real content. It may be subdivided hierarchically by the use of chapters and sections.

A brief report document. This term may also be used synonymously with Rapid Communication to mean 'A short rapidly published research article or conference paper, typically reporting significant research results that have been recently discovered, or a brief news item reporting such discoveries.'

Caption of a text box.

A rectangle space within a page that contains an object and its related caption.

A report about a particular case or situation.

An element of a document that carries out a rhetorical function.

The realization of an opinion written by an editor.

A space within a document that contains a figure and its caption.

Floating part of a document related to some aspect of the body section. Usually in a box with its own body with some title and / or caption.

The initial principle part of a document, usually containing self-referential metadata. In a book, this typically includes its title, authors, publisher, publication date, ISBN and copyright declaration, together with the preface, foreword, table of content, etc. In a journal article, the front matter is normally restricted to the title, authors and the authors' affiliation details, although the latter may alternatively be included in a footnote or the back matter. In books, the front matter pages may be numbered in lowercase Roman numerals.

A set of definitions of words or phrases of importance to the work, normally alphabetized. In longer works of fiction, the entries may contains places and characters.

An article, typically the realization of a research paper reporting original research findings, published in a journal issue.

A block containing text, that may include a number (e.g., "Chapter Three", "3.2", "Figure 1", "Table"), used to identify an item within the document, for example a chapter, a figure, a section or a table.

A written or printed communication of a personal or professional nature between individuals and/or representatives of corporate bodies, usually transmitted by the postal service or published in a periodical. In the latter case, the letter is typically addressed to the editor and comments on or discussed an item previously published by that periodical, or of interest to its readership.

A list item part of a document. Usually appears multiple time in a sequence. May be prefixed with a bullet or a number.

A list of items each representing a reference to a specific part of the same document, or to another publication.

A subclass of fabio manifestation. Specifically applies to electronic (digital) as well as to physical manifestations of expressions.

A reference or link to some media (audio, video) part of a document.

A report of a meeting of some kind.

An identifier appearing as a distinct part of a document.

A self-contained unit of discourse that deals with a particular point or idea. Paragraphs contains one or more sentences. The start of a paragraph is indicated by beginning on a new line, which may be indented or separated by a small vertical space by the preceding paragraph.

A subclass of fabio expression, restricted to publications in SIBiLS.

An article that contains a review.

A logical division of the text, usually numbered and/or titled, which may contain subsections.

A block containing a label for the section, that may include the section number.

An expression in natural language forming a single grammatical unit. A sentence minimally consists of a subject and an intransitive verb, or a subject, a transitive verb and an object, and may include additional dependent clauses. In written text, a sentence is always terminated by a full stop. A sentence can include words grouped meaningfully to express a statement, a question, an exclamation, a request or a command.

SIBiLS Terminology scheme containing the concepts used for annotating the publications.

A dialog or part of dialog appearing as a distinct part of a document.

A statement appearing as a distinct part of a document.

A set of data arranged in cells within rows and columns.

A space within a document that contains a table and its caption.

A concatenation of the values found in the cells of a table separated with a space.

The name given to of a column in a table.

A space within a document that contains textual content relating to, quoting from or expanding upon the main text. Usually a textbox is delimited by a border or use of a background colour distinct from that of the main text.

A range ot text in a discourse element defined by a start and end position.

A word, phrase or sentence that precedes and indicates the subject of a document or a document component - e.g., a book, a report, a news article, a chapter, a section or a table.

A block containing one or several verses appearing as a distinct part of a document.

A super class for sentences, table column names and table cell values