23 June 2026 OntoClimateAdapt is an ontology designed to provide a formal semantic representation of data related to climate change adaptation research, initiatives, and actions. It enables the standardized description, integration, and interoperable exchange of information to support the development of resilient societies and adaptive capacities in the face of climate change. 1 c0599beca8df55873a1ab061dee64e52c510c6a0 hasUnit hasValue hasGeometry hasBeginning hasEnd adaptedThrough An influence relationship between a phenomenon, process, or event and the systems, entities, or domains that experience its impact. affects A relation indicating that a population density measurement applies to a specific age group defined by a minimum and maximum age. forAgeGroup Relates a Location to the AvailableRootingDepth observed at that location. hasAvailableRootingDepth A causal relationship between an effect (or phenomenon) and the process, or event responsible for its occurrence. hasCause A causal relationship between a phenomenon and the observable processes, events, or conditions that result from it. hasEffect An object property that relates a location to its land surface temperature quantity observed or estimated at a specific time. hasLandSurfaceTemperature An object property that relates a location to a near-surface air temperature quantity observed or estimated at a specific time. hasNearSurfaceAirTemperature An object property that relates a location to an observation representing the number of days during which heatwave conditions occur. hasNumberOfHeatwaveDays Relates a Location to its corresponding PopulationDensity measurement. hasPopulationDensity Relates a Location to the SubsoilBulkDensity observed at that location. hasSubsoilBulkDensity Relates a Location to the SubsoilClayContent observed at that location. hasSubsoilClayContent Relates a Location to the SubsoilGravelContent observed at that location. hasSubsoilGravelContent Relates a Location to the SubsoilOrganicCarbonContent observed at that location. hasSubsoilOrganicCarbonContent Relates a Location to the SubsoilSandContent observed at that location. hasSubsoilSandContent Relates a Location to the SubsoilSiltContent observed at that location. hasSubsoilSiltContent Relates a Location to the SubsoilOrganicCarbonContent observed at that location. hasSubsoilTextureClass Relates a Location to the SubsoilWaterContent observed at that location. hasSubsoilWaterContent An object property that links an observation to the temporal frequency at which the observed quantity is defined, measured, or aggregated. hasTemporalFrequency An object property that relates an aggregated observation result to the temporal interval over which it was computed. hasTimeInterval Relates a Location to the TopsoilBulkDensity observed at that location. hasTopsoilBulkDensity Relates a Location to the TopsoilClayContent observed at that location. hasTopsoilClayContent Relates a Location to the TopsoilGravelContent observed at that location. hasTopsoilGravelContent Relates a Location to the TopsoilOrganicCarbonContent observed at that location. hasTopsoilOrganicCarbonContent Relates a Location to the TopsoilSandContent observed at that location. hasTopsoilSandContent Relates a Location to the TopsoilSiltContent observed at that location. hasTopsoilSiltContent Relates a Location to the TopsoilOrganicCarbonContent observed at that location. hasTopsoilTextureClass Relates a Location to the TopsoilWaterContent observed at that location. hasTopsoilWaterContent An object property that relates a derived quantitative indicator to one or more events from which the indicator has been computed or aggregated. isDerivedFromEvent Relates a measurement to the height at which it was made. measuredAtHeight The time instant when the temperatue was recorded. measuredAtTime The source of measurement, estimation, or observation through which evidence of climate change is obtained. measuredBy A relation linking an event to the geographical location where it takes place or manifests its observable impacts. occursAt The relationship between a natural or environmental phenomenon and the scientific disciplines that systematically investigate it. studiedBy hasNumericalValue symbol asWKT inXSDDateTime A data property that specifies the upper bound of the age range defining an age group. hasMaximumAge A data property that specifies the lower bound of the age range defining an age group. hasMinimumAge easting northing An Environmental Phenomenon that represents a persistent alteration in the statistical properties of the climate system. A computational model that applies mathematical equations to simulate the behaviour of the Earth’s climate system. ClimateModel A deliberate action, strategy, or intervention implemented to reduce the adverse impacts of climate change AdaptationMeasure A group of people whose ages fall within a specified range. AgeGroup AgeSpecificPopulationDensity A temporal frequency representing the count of occurrences within a calendar year. AnnualFrequency A SoilProperty representing the vertical depth of soil available for plant root growth and development at a specified location. AvailableRootingDepth A SoilProperty representing the dry mass of soil per unit volume, including the volume occupied by pore spaces, at a specified location and, where applicable, at a specified time. BulkDensity A SoilTextureProperty representing the proportion of clay-sized particles present within a soil layer. ClayContent A concrete activity or measure undertaken to reduce the impacts of climate change or increase the resilience of human or natural systems. ClimateAdaptationAction A large-scale physical, chemical, or biological process that occurs within or across components of the Earth system. EarthSystemPhenomenon A naturally occurring process within the environment arising from interactions among biological, physical, or chemical components. EnvironmentalPhenomenon A SoilTextureProperty representing the proportion of gravel-sized fragments present within a soil layer. GravelContent A meteorological extreme event consisting of several consecutive days of unusually high temperatures relative to local climate norms. Heatwave An adaptation measure that strengthens, upgrades, or redesigns physical infrastructure to withstand climate-related hazards. InfrastructureResilienceMeasure The radiative temperature of the Earth’s land surface at a specific location and time. LandSurfaceTemperature Any atmospheric or weather-related phenomenon that deviates drastically from normal conditions and poses risks to humans, ecosystems, or infrastructure. MeteorologicalExtremeEvent A ground-based facility that measures atmospheric and weather variables such as temperature, humidity, precipitation, and wind. MeteorologicalStation A temporal frequency representing the count of occurrences within a calendar month. MonthlyFrequency A temperature quantity representing the thermal state of air near the Earth's surface at a specific location and time. NearSurfaceAirTemperature A quantitative observation describing the total count of days during which heatwave conditions occur at a given location within a defined time interval. NumberOfHeatwaveDays A SoilCompositionProperty representing the amount of organic carbon contained within a soil layer. OrganicCarbonContent A governance-led adaptation measure implemented through regulations, policies, legislation, incentives, or planning frameworks. PolicyIntervention A quantitative demographic indicator representing the number of individuals residing within a defined unit area of a geographic location. PopulationDensity A SoilTextureProperty representing the proportion of sand-sized particles present within a soil layer. SandContent A remote sensing measurement capturing key environmental or atmospheric variables of the Earth’s surface and climate system. SatelliteObservation A SoilTextureProperty representing the proportion of silt-sized particles present within a soil layer. SiltContent A property that represents a physical, hydrological, chemical, biological, or compositional characteristic of soil at a specified location and, where applicable, at a specified time. SoilProperty A SoilTextureProperty representing the texture classification assigned to a soil layer based on the relative proportions of clay, silt, and sand. SoilTextureClass A SoilProperty that represents the texture of a soil layer, typically characterised by the relative proportions of particle-size fractions or by a derived soil texture classification. SoilTextureProperty A SoilProperty representing the amount of water contained within a soil layer at a specified location and time. SoilWaterContent A BulkDensity representing the dry mass of soil per unit volume within the subsoil layer. SubsoilBulkDensity A ClayContent representing the proportion of clay-sized particles present within the subsoil layer. SubsoilClayContent A GravelContent representing the proportion of gravel-sized fragments present within the subsoil layer. SubsoilGravelContent An OrganicCarbonContent representing the amount or proportion of organic carbon contained within the subsoil layer. SubsoilOrganicCarbonContent A SandContent representing the proportion of sand-sized particles present within the subsoil layer. SubsoilSandContent A SiltContent representing the proportion of silt-sized particles present within the subsoil layer. SubsoilSiltContent A SoilTextureClass representing the texture classification assigned to the subsoil layer. SubsoilTextureClass A hydrological quantity that represents the amount of water contained in the subsoil layer of a geographic area at a specified location and time. SubsoilWaterContent The regularity or recurrence pattern according to which an observation or aggregated value is defined, such as annually, monthly, or weekly. TemporalFrequency A BulkDensity representing the dry mass of soil per unit volume within the topsoil layer. TopsoilBulkDensity A ClayContent representing the proportion of clay-sized particles present within the topsoil layer. TopsoilClayContent A GravelContent representing the proportion of gravel-sized fragments present within the topsoil layer. TopsoilGravelContent An OrganicCarbonContent representing the amount or proportion of organic carbon contained within the topsoil layer. TopsoilOrganicCarbonContent A SandContent representing the proportion of sand-sized particles present within the topsoil layer. TopsoilSandContent A SiltContent representing the proportion of silt-sized particles present within the topsoil layer. TopsoilSiltContent A SoilTextureClass representing the texture classification assigned to the topsoil layer. TopsoilTextureClass A hydrological quantity that represents the amount of water contained within the topsoil layer of a geographic area at a specified location and time. TopsoilWaterContent A temporal frequency representing the count of occurrences within a calendar week. WeeklyFrequency