Isotopic abundances and atomic weights as linked data

This site is a working suggestion. It shows how the tables of the Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (CIAAW) could also be published as linked data, so that software can cite an exact value, see which value is current, and follow how a value changed over time.

It is not an official CIAAW or IUPAC site. For values you intend to use, go to ciaaw.org.

What is here

• Atomic weights and isotopic abundances, generated from the RDF and laid out like the CIAAW tables
• A data model with diagrams for each aspect, written as a DCTAP profile and enforced with SHACL shapes
• A revision example that shows what happens to the data when a value changes
• Downloads in Turtle, RDF/XML, JSON-LD, N-Triples and N3
• A live SPARQL endpoint with example queries, for asking the data questions directly

Why publish it this way

• Every value can be cited. Each published value is a separate declaration with its own IRI.
• History is kept. A changed value creates a new declaration. The old one stays available and links to its replacement.
• Precision is preserved. Numbers are stored as exact decimals, with significant figures recorded separately.
• Data can be checked. The SHACL shapes test the published data automatically.

Tell us what you think

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