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The DiLEO Vocabulary
The following list contains the vocabulary of DiLEO. Both lists, the first one for the entities and the second for the relationships, are organized in alphabetical order.
Entities
Activity (A): The set of critical actions performed for useful purposes of the evaluation. All activities have the purpose process evaluation data and to transform them to information.
Subclass of: Thing
Age (hmnca): The feature that designates which age is a subject of human nature.
Subclass of: dileo:Human_Agents_Characteristics
Analyze (anlz): The
activity of analyzing evaluation data.
Subclass of: dileo:Activity
Appellations (AP): The set of names and labels to identify constructs or refer to them in the ontology.
Subclass of: Thing
Characteristics (CH): The set of distinctive and identifying features and properties.
Subclass of: Thing
Compare (comp): The activity of comparing two evaluation data instances.
Subclass of: dileo:Activity
Comparison Studies (cmst): Studies that collate features of dimensions with the help of specific means and metrics.
Subclass of: dileo:Means
Content (cnt): The set of digital assets in a digital library.
Subclass of: dileo:System
Content Level (cntl): Τhe facet that denotes the content aspect of a digital library.
Subclass of: dileo:Levels
Content Originated (cnto): The set of metrics that have their root of interest in digital library content.
Subclass of: dileo:Metrics
Cost (cst): The economic aspects of an evaluation.
Subclass of: dileo:Factors
Count - Human Agents (hmncc): A set of subjects of human nature that took part in the evaluation.
Subclass of: dileo:Human_Agents_Characteristics
Count - Machine Agents (mcncc): The set of mechanical subjects in an evaluation.
Subclass of: dileo:Machine_Agents_Characteristics
Criteria (C): The set of principles with which an object is evaluated.
Subclass of: Thing
Criteria Categories (CC): Classes of criteria that coherently group them.
Subclass of: Thing
Data (dat): The bitstream representation of an intellectual work. This representation can be in textual, visual, audio and their derivative formats.
Subclass of: dileo:Content
Describe (dscr): The goal to outline the state of the digital library in a given time fracture.
Subclass of: dileo:Goals
Design (desg): The goal to forward the design of a digital library.
Subclass of: dileo:Goals
Devices (devc): Technical devices that are needed to perform specific evaluation activities.
Subclass of: dileo:Instruments
Dimensions (D): The scope of evaluation activities, designated by the purpose, the means and the outcomes of the evaluation itself.
Subclass of: Thing
Dimensions Type (DT): Types of dimensions designated by temporal characteristics.
Subclass of: Thing
Discipline (hmncd): The feature that designates what is the scientific field of a subject of human nature.
Subclass of: dileo:Human_Agents_Characteristics
Document (docm): The goal to justify the actions performed in regard to the development or the operation of the digital library.
Subclass of: dileo:Goals
Effectiveness (efct): The dimension that studies the outcomes of a process in regard to its inputs.
Subclass of: dileo:Dimensions
Engineering Level (engl): Τhe facet that denotes the engineering aspect of a digital library.
Subclass of: dileo:Levels
Experience - Human Agents (hmnce): The feature that designates how experienced is a subject of human nature.
Subclass of: dileo:Human_Agents_Characteristics
Expert Studies (exst): Studies that measure properties of dimensions from experienced evaluators.
Subclass of: dileo:Means
Factors (F): Variables that influence the process of evaluating a digital library. Factors are external to the operation of the digital library, but internal to the digital library project.
Subclass of: Thing
Field Studies (flst): Studies that capture and/or measure data of subject and object activity in natural environments.
Subclass of: dileo:Means
Findings (FN): Data generated or discovered as a result of the evaluation process.
Subclass of: Thing
Formative (fmtv): The type of dimension that designates a synchronous and parallel to the development of a digital library evaluation.
Subclass of: dileo:Dimensions_Type
Functionalities (fnc): The services provided by a digital library.
Subclass of: dileo:System
Goals (G): The reasons to carry out an evaluation activity. It answers why one needs or wants to evaluate. All goals aim to improve the operation or the product.
Subclass of: Thing
Human Agents (hmn): All acting entities of human nature in a digital library.
Subclass of: dileo:Subjects
Dileo:Human_Agents_Characteristics
Human Agents Characteristics (hmnc): The set of distinctive and identifying features and characteristics of digital library subjects that have human nature.
Subclass of: dileo:Characteristics
Individual Level (indl): Τhe facet that denotes the aspect of a single interacting entity of human nature.
Subclass of: dileo:Levels
Infrastructure (ifr): A set of tools, software, equipment and facilities that was needed to perform an evaluation.
Subclass of: dileo:Factors
Institutional Level (insl): Τhe facet that denotes the activities and the effects on an institutional unit.
Subclass of: dileo:Levels
Instruments (I): The set of tools, artifacts or cognitive structures that facilitate some kind of activity.
Subclass of: Thing
Interface Level (infl): Τhe facet that denotes the interface that carries the dialogue between subjects and the digital library.
Subclass of: dileo:Levels
Interface (inf): The channel that carries the dialogue between subjects and the digital library.
Subclass of: dileo:System
Interpret (intp): The activity of transforming evaluation data into information.
Subclass of: dileo:Activity
Iterative (itrv): The type of dimension that designates the repetative nature of the evaluation.
Subclass of: dileo:Dimensions_Type
Laboratory Studies (lbst): Studies that capture and/or measure data of subject and object activity in controlled testing environments.
Subclass of: dileo:Means
Levels (L): The facet on which the evaluation focuses. These fields are in a layered form, representing different 'strata' that range from low level, technical, to high level, social. Levels in DiLEO are divided according to Saracevic’s listing.
Subclass of: Thing
Logging Studies (lgst): Studies that capture data of subject and object activity via logging mechanisms.
Subclass of: dileo:Means
Machine Agents (mcn): All acting entities of mechanical nature in a digital library.
Subclass of: dileo:Subjects
dileo:Machine_Agents_Characteristics
Machine Agents Characteristics (mcnc): The set of distinctive and identifying features and properties of digital library subjects that have mechanical nature.
Subclass of: dileo:Characteristics
Means (M): The set of techniques and methods with which one subject collects and analyzes data, and reports information in an evaluation activity.
Subclass of: Thing
Means Type (MT): The type of the means.
Subclass of:Thing
Measure (mesr): The activity of measuring dimensions of the interaction of a subject with the object.
Subclass of: dileo:Activity
Metadata (mdt): All relevant information to identify a unit of data. Metadata can be a) created by authority subjects, such as librarians, archivists and so on, b) dynmaically by the system in the form of search results, and c) by the subjects of the digital library in the forms of tags and annotations.
Subclass of: dileo:Content
Metrics (MTR): Measurement units that are needed to establish a distance between the two states, the expressed (actual) and the ideal (sought-after) one.
Subclass of: Thing
Narrative Items (nrvi): Oral or written statements have instrumental role in evaluation studies.
Subclass of: dileo:Instruments
Object (O): The digital library system - and its partitions - of interest.
Subclass of: Thing
Object Characteristics (och): The set of distinctive and identifying features and properties of digital library objects.
Subclass of: dileo:Characteristics
Object Count (occ): The number of digital library objects in a digital library.
Subclass of: dileo:Object_Characteristics
Object identifier (obid): The identifier of a digital library object that is the focus of a particular study.
Subclass of: dileo:Appellations
Item Type - Object (oct): The feature of a digital library object that designates the type of a digital library object.
Subclass of: dileo:Object_Characteristic
Services Kind - Object (ock): The feature of a digital library functionality that designates its type.
Subclass of: dileo:Object_Characteristics
Operation (oprt): A concept representing actions within a digital library.
Subclass of: dileo:Objects
Outcomes assessment (octa): The dimension that studies the impact of the digital library operation on a long-term basis.
Subclass of: dileo:Dimensions
Perception metrics (prcm): The type of metrics that collect data about the perception that the subjects of a digital library express.
Subclass of: dileo:User_Originated
Performance measurement (prfm): The dimension that studies the efficiency of a digital library system during its operation.
Subclass of: dileo:Dimensions
Personnel (prs): The persons that were needed to perform an evaluation.
Subclass of: dileo:Factors
Count - Personnel (prsc): The number of persons that were needed to perform an evaluation.
Subclass of: dileo:Personnel
Experience - Personnel (prse): The level of experience that persons performing an evaluation possess.
Subclass of: dileo:Personnel
Processing Level (prcl): Τhe facet that denotes the aspects of the processing functionalities and services in a digital library.
Subclass of: dileo:Levels
Product (prdc): The concept that represents finished artifacts and software mechanisms in a digital library.
Subclass of: dileo:Objects
Profession (hmncp): The feature that designates what is the professional property of a subject of human nature.
Subclass of: dileo:Human_Agents_Characteristics
Quantitative (qntv): The type of means employed in an evaluation that conforms to principles of quantitative research.
Subclass of: dileo:Means_Type
Qualitative (qltv): The type of means employed in an evaluation that conforms to principles of qualitative research.
Subclass of: dileo:Means_Type
Recommend (recm): The activity of forwarding specific suggestions of improvement based on evaluation information.
Subclass of: dileo:Activity
Record (rcrd): The activity of capturing part or whole of the interaction of a subject with the object.
Subclass of: dileo:Activity
Report (rprt): The activity of publishing information coming from an evaluation.
Subclass of: dileo:Activity
Report Metrics (rptm): The type of metrics that collect data about facts that the subjects of a digital library report.
Subclass of: dileo:User_Originated
Research Artifacts (rsar): Conceptual or apt artifacts that are needed to perform specific evaluation activities.
Subclass of: dileo:Instruments
Research Questions (RQ): The set of statements that guide the research design and frame the evaluation process.
Subclass of: Thing
Role (mcncr): The role of a subject of mechanical nature.
Subclass of: dileo:Machine_Agents_Characteristics
Scales (scal): The research construct that allows subject express preferences, perceptions or opinions in a structured way.
Subclass of: dileo:Instruments
Service Quality (srql): The dimension that studies how effective is perceived the delivery of services and deployment of functionalities from the subjects in a digital library.
Subclass of: dileo:Dimensions
Sex (hmncx): The gender of the subjects taking part in the evaluation.
Subclass of: dileo:Human_Agents_Characteristics
Size (ocz): The feature of a digital library object that designates its proportions.
Subclass of: dileo:Object_Characteristics
Skills - Personnel (prss): The level of skills and competencies that persons performing an evaluation possess.
Subclass of: dileo:Personnel
Social Level (socl): Τhe facet that denotes the activities and the effects on social groups.
Subclass of: dileo:Levels
Software (sftw): Software that is needed to perform specific evaluation activities.
Subclass of: dileo:Instruments
Specific Aims (spca): The set of criteria that have been developed in specific contexts and for case-specific purposes.
Subclass of: dileo:Criteria
Standards (stnd): The set of principles that ascertain a level of quality.
Subclass of: dileo:Criteria
Statistics (stat): Methods and techniques of quantitative data analysis.
Subclass of: dileo:Instruments
Study Identifier (stid): The unique identifier in the DiLEO knowledge base for a single publication.
Subclass of: dileo:Appellations
Study Reference (strf): Information needed to identify the study in terms of bibliographical description.
Subclass of: dileo:Appellations
Subject (S): The entities that participate in the evaluation activity as essential constituents of the operation or the product. Subjects are indirectly assessed, as every kind of recording oughts to reflect to system or content improvements.
Subclass of: Thing
Subject Characteristics (sch): The set of distinctive and identifying features and properties of digital library subjects.
Subclass of: dileo:Characteristics
Summative (smtv): The type of dimension that designates an evaluation in the conclusion of the development of a digital library or during its actual operation.
Subclass of: dileo:Dimensions_Type
Survey Studies (svst): Studies that capture and/or measure data of subject activity or preference.
Subclass of: dileo:Means
System (stm): The sum of all parts of the digital library system.
Subclass of: dileo:Operation
System Originated (stmo): The set of metrics that have their root of interest in digital library system.
Subclass of: dileo:Metrics
Technical Excellence (tecx): The dimension that studies the aspects of improvement in the design of a digital library.
Subclass of: dileo:Dimensions
Technology (tec): The technological artifacts that comprise of the digital library in a technical level.
Subclass of: dileo:System
Time (tim): The time that was needed to perform an evaluation.
Subclass of: dileo:Factors
Toolkits (tlkt): The set of means and instruments for benchmarking and comparison of certain objects.
Subclass of: dileo:Criteria
Use of Content (uoc): The operation of the digital library content by a subject.
Subclass of: dileo:Operation
Use of Data (uocdat): The operation of the digital library data by a subject.
Subclass of: dileo:Use_of_Content
Use of Functionalities (uosfnc): The operation of the digital library services by a subject.
Subclass of: dileo:Use_of_System
Use of Interface (uosinf): The operation of the digital library interface by a subject.
Subclass of: dileo:Use_of_System
Use of Metadata (uocmtd): The operation of the digital library metadata by a subject.
Subclass of: dileo:Use_of_Content
Use of System (uos): The operation of the digital library system by a subject.
Subclass of: dileo:Operation
Use of Technology (uostec): The operation of the digital library technological infrastructure by a subject.
Subclass of: dileo:Use_of_System
User Originated (usro): The set of metrics that have their root of interest in digital library subjects of human nature.
Subclass of: dileo:Metrics
Relationships
dileo:isCitedIn
Domain: dileo:Study_Identifier
Range: dileo:Study_Reference
Inverse: dileo:isCiting
dileo:hasDimensionsType
Domain: dileo:Dimensions
Range: dileo:Dimensions_Type
dileo:isAffecting
Domain: dileo:Dimensions
Range: dileo:Levels
Inverse: dileo:isAffectedBy
dileo:hasConstituent
Domain: dileo:Dimensions
Range: dileo:Activities
Inverse: dileo:isConstituting
dileo:isSupporting
Domain: dileo:Instruments
Range: dileo:Activities
Inverse: dileo:isSupportedBy
dileo:hasPerformed
Domain: dileo:Means
Range: dileo:Activities
Inverse: dileo:isPerformedIn
dileo:hasSelected
Domain: dileo:Means
Range: dileo:Criteria
Inverse: dileo:isSelectedIn
dileo:hasMeansType
Domain: dileo:Means
Range: dileo:Means_Type
dileo:isMeasuredBy
Domain: dileo:Metrics
Range: dileo:Criteria
Inverse: isMeasuring
dileo:hasInitiatedFrom
Domain: dileo:Metrics
Range: dileo:Levels
dileo:isUsedIn
Domain: dileo:Instruments
Range: dileo:Means
Inverse: dileo:isUsing
dileo:isCharacterizing
Domain: dileo:Characteristics
Range: dileo:Object, dileo:Subject
inverse: isCharacterizedBy
dileo:isGrouped
Domain: dileo:Criteria
Range: dileo:Criteria_Categories
inverse: dileo:isGrouping
dileo:isReportedIn
Domain: dileo:Findings
Range: dileo:Report
inverse: dileo:isReporting
dileo:isReferringTo
Domain: dileo:Study_Identifier
Range: dileo:Object_Identifier
dileo:isStudying
Domain: dileo:Study_Identifier
Range: dileo:Dimensions
dileo:isFocusingOn
Domain: dileo:Dimensions
Range: dileo:Object
dileo:isAimingAt
Domain: dileo:Dimensions
Range: dileo:Goals
dileo:isAddressing
Domain: dileo:Findings
Range: dileo:Research_Questions
dileo:isDependingOn
Domain: dileo:Means
Range: dileo:Factors
dileo:isAppliedTo
Domain: dileo:Means
Range: dileo:Object
dileo:isOperatedBy
Domain: dileo:Object
Range: dileo:Subject
Inverse: dileo:isOperating
dileo:isParticipatingIn
Domain: dileo:Subject
Range: dileo:Means
dileo:isDecomposedTo
Domain: dileo:Dimensions
Range: dileo:Research_Questions
Inverse: dileo:isBelongingTo
dileo:isSubjectTo
Domain: dileo:Activities
Range: dileo:Factors
dileo:isReflectedOn
Domain: dileo:Research_Questions
Range: dileo:Criteria
dileo:isPresupposing
Domain: dileo:Instruments
Range: dileo:Metrics
Contact:
Giannis Tsakonas [john-at-lis-dot-upatras-dot-gr]
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