IPTC Sport Schema Ontology
A high-level model to describe the core elements of competitive sport
Created Date
2023-10-04
Ontology Terms
Automatically generated documentation for the ontology terms.
Classes
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/Action
Description
Something that happens during an event: a kick, a goal, a foul etc
Superclasses
Properties
action in event,
action date-time,
action type,
angle,
body part,
class,
comment,
distance,
end location,
field location,
goal location,
last modified,
minutes elapsed,
pass description,
pass method,
pass type,
infraction level,
infraction type,
period value,
person replacing position,
recipient type,
result,
save method,
save type,
score attempt result,
score attempt side,
score attempt situation,
score attempt type,
sequence number,
shot distance,
shot distance units,
shot type,
start location,
substitution reason,
time addition,
time elapsed,
time remaining,
zone
Inherited Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/Agent
Description
A participant in a sport event.
Subclasses
Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/Associate
Description
A person assisting competitor(s) in an event but not competing themselves, e.g. a football manager or coach
Superclasses
Inherited Properties
From Individual:
date of birth,
nationality
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/AssociateMembership
Description
The tenure of an Associate working with an Athlete or a Team.
Superclasses
Inherited Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/Athlete
Description
A competitor in an individual event or a member of a team
Superclasses
Inherited Properties
From Individual:
date of birth,
nationality
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/Club
Description
An organisation of which a Team is a part
Superclasses
Inherited Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/Competition
Description
A grouping of events usually based on proximity by time.
Superclasses
Subclasses
Properties
Inherited Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/CompetitionPhase
Description
A sub-group of events within a Competition such as the semi-finals.
Superclasses
Inherited Properties
From Competition:
contains event,
governing body,
contains competition phase,
competition type,
sport
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/CompetitorParticipation
Description
The participation of an actor that can win or lose an event.
Superclasses
Subclasses
Properties
Inherited Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/ParticipatableThing
Description
An abstract superclass for anything that can be participated in, such as an Event, Competition or Action.
Subclasses
Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/Event
Description
A contest of competitive actions that generates statistical results.
Superclasses
Properties
Inherited Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/GoverningBody
Description
The organisation that creates and polices the rules of a sports competition.
Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/Individual
Description
An individual taking part in an event on their own or as part of a team. Could be a person or an animal such as a dog or horse.
Superclasses
Properties
Inherited Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/IndividualMembership
Description
A player's membership in a team
Superclasses
Properties
Inherited Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/IndividualParticipation
Description
The participation of an individual in an event
Superclasses
Properties
Inherited Properties
From Competitor Participation:
event outcome,
event outcome type,
position (event),
rank,
score,
score type,
score units
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/AssociateParticipation
Description
The particpation of an associate who supports players and teams, e.g. coach, manager, trainer
Superclasses
Inherited Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/Membership
Description
The membership of an entity in another entity for a given period of time
Subclasses
Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/Official
Description
A person who ensures that the sports event is played according to its rules. Also referred to as umpire or referee.
Superclasses
Inherited Properties
From Individual:
date of birth,
nationality
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/OfficialParticipation
Description
The participation of an offcial in an event
Superclasses
Inherited Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/Participation
Description
The participation of an actor in an event.
Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/ParticipationSplit
Description
Representation of part of a participation of an actor in an event or season, such as one half of a football match or all home games.
Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/Site
Description
The location where an activity takes place
Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/Team
Description
A group of individuals competing as one entity
Superclasses
Inherited Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/TeamMembership
Description
A team's membership in a Club or Competition
Superclasses
Properties
Inherited Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/TeamParticipation
Description
The participation of a team in an event
Superclasses
Properties
Inherited Properties
From Competitor Participation:
event outcome,
event outcome type,
position (event),
rank,
score,
score type,
score units
Properties
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/actionDateTime
Description
Date and time when this play/action took place on the field.
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/actionInEvent
Description
Link to the event in which an Action took place
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/actionType
Description
The type of competitive action taken on the field of play. See 'action' SportsML vocabs for various sports: http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spamfaction/ http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spbblaction/ http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spbkbaction/ http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spichaction/ http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spmcraction/ http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/rgxaction/ http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spsocaction/ http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/sptenaction/
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/alignment
Description
The association between a Team and a Site, e.g. 'home' or 'away'
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/angle
Description
Angle on the field of the play.
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/attendance
Description
The number of people attending an event
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/bodyPart
Description
Body part used to perform an action.
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/child
Description
Link from a ParticipatableThing to its child, to represent child Event, CompetitionPhase etc
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/childSite
Description
Link from a Site to its child, such as a link from an Olympic Park to an individual stadium or from a tennis complex to an individual tennis court
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/class
Description
An open placeholder for categorization. Recommended vocabulary: http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spactionclass/
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/comment
Description
Textual comment of the action
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/competitionFormat
Description
Competition format: round robin, sudden death etc
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/competitionMembership
Description
Competition in which this Team is taking part
Domain
Range
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/competitionPhaseType
Description
Type of the competition phase - regular round, final etc
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/competitionType
Description
The type of a Competition, e.g. spct:recurring-competition or spct:competition
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/containsAction
Description
Link to action in that took place at the Event
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/containsCompetitionPhase
Description
Link from the competition to its constituent phases
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/containsEvent
Description
An Event that is part of this Competition
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/dateOfBirth
Description
The date of birth of a person
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/distance
Description
Distance of the action.
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/endDate
Description
The date on which a membership ends
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/endDateTime
Description
The date and time at which an event ends
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/endLocation
Description
A string indicating where on the court the action occured. Could be an approximate region, or a more complex value adhering to some elaborate coordinate system.
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/eventInCompetition
Description
The Competition that an Event is part of
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/eventInCompetitionPhase
Description
The CompetitionPhase (such as a round or a finals phase) of which an Event is a part
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/eventOutcome
Description
The outcome of an event (win, loss etc)
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/eventOutcomeType
Description
The type of outcome of an event (win, loss etc)
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/eventStatus
Description
Event's current status (e.g. post-event)
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/fieldLocation
Description
Recommended x,y 0-100. The location of the action on the field of play represented as a grid.
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/goalLocation
Description
Recommended x,y 0-100. The location on goal-mouth grid in which the ball/puck entered.
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/governedBy
Description
Link to the organisation that regulates a given Competition
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/governs
Description
Link to the competitions that the body governs.
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/infractionLevel
Description
Level of infraction (aka penalty)
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/infractionType
Description
The degree of punishment for the infraction/penalty eg. yellow or red card, major, minor, game misconduct, etc. See 'penaltylevel' SportsML vocabs for various sports: http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spbkbpenaltylevel/ http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spichpenaltylevel/ http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/sprgxpenaltylevel/ http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spsocpenaltylevel/
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/lastModified
Description
Date and time when this play/action record was last modified. This would be the record from the reporter's data entry system.
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/location
Description
Link to the location (Site) where an event takes place
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/locationOf
Description
Link to an event that takes place at this location (Site)
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/member
Description
Link between a membership and a member (individual or team)
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/memberOf
Description
Link between a member (individual or team) and a membership
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/membership
Description
Link between a team or club and a membership
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/membershipOf
Description
Link between a Membership and a Team or Club
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/membershipStatus
Description
Member's status during this membership period (e.g. active or inactive)
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/minutesElapsed
Description
Game minutes elapsed when this action occurred
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/nationality
Description
The country an individual is identified with
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/parent
Description
Link from a ParticipatableThing to its parent, to represent parent Event, CompetitionPhase etc
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/parentSite
Description
Link from a Site to its parent, such as a link from a stadium to an Olympic Park or from a tennis court to the tennis complex
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/participantOf
Description
Link from a person or team to their participation in an event
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/participation
Description
Link from a ParticipatableThing to a participation by an Agent
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/participationBy
Description
Link to a person or team participating in an event, season or action
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/participationIn
Description
Link from a participation by an Agent to a ParticipatableThing
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/participationSplit
Description
Link to a part of a participation of an actor in an event or season, such as one half of a football match or all home games.
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/participationSplitOf
Description
Link to a participation of which this is a part
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/participationSplitType
Description
The type of a participation split, e.g. 'home games' or 'first half'
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/passDescription
Description
description of the pass taken in this action
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/passMethod
Description
Method used in this pass
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/passType
Description
Type of this pass
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/periodValue
Description
Used for tracking stats and events by period.
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/personReplacingPosition
Description
The position role assumed by the substitute.
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/phaseContainsEvent
Description
The Event is part of a CompetitionPhase
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/phaseInCompetition
Description
Link to the competition of which this CompetitionPhase is a part
Domain
Range
Inverse of
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/playerStatus
Description
Player status for a given event (e.g. starter or bench)
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/positionEvent
Description
The position in a team taken for an individual event
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/positionRegular
Description
The position (role) usually taken by a given player or associate
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/rank
Description
The rank of a player or team in standings etc.
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/recipientType
Description
Whether the receiver of the penalty was the team, the player, a coach, a ref, etc. SportsML vocab uri: http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/sprecipienttype/
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/result
Description
The result of the play or action. See 'result' SportsML vocabs for various sports: http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spamfresult/ http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spsocresult/
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/role
Description
A team's or individual's role in a given action
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/saveMethod
Description
method used for this save
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/saveType
Description
type of save performed in this action
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/score
Description
Final or current score of the team or individual
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/scoreAttemptResult
Description
The result of the score attempt eg. blocked, missed, etc. See 'scoreattemptresult' SportsML vocabs for various sports: http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spbkbscoreattemptresult/ http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spichscoreattemtresult/ http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/sprgxscoreattemptresult/ http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spsocscoreattemptresult/
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/scoreAttemptSide
Description
Side of the body of the player attempting to score
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/scoreAttemptSituation
Description
Describing the situation surrounding the score attempt
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/scoreAttemptType
Description
The type of score that was attempted. See 'scoreattempt' SportsML vocabs for various sports: http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spbkbscoreattempt/ http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spichscoreattempt/ http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/sprgxscoreattempt/ http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spsocscoreattempt/
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/scoreType
Description
Qualifies the 'score' property.
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/scoreUnits
Description
The units of a team's or individual's score in a given event (e.g. metres or seconds)
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/sequenceNumber
Description
Sequence-number. Should be separate sequences for sub-actions inside an action
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/shotDistance
Description
Distance of the shot
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/shotDistanceUnits
Description
SportsML vocab uri: http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spdistanceunits/
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/shotType
Description
The type of shot taken. See 'shot' SportsML vocabs for various sports: http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spgolshot/ http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/sptenshot/ http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/spcurshot/
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/sport
Description
The sport which this competition represents
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/startDate
Description
The date on which a membership begins
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/startDateTime
Description
The date and time at which an event begins
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/startLocation
Description
>A string indicating where on the court the action began. Could be an approximate region, or a more complex value adhering to some elaborate coordinate system.
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/substitutionReason
Description
The reason for the substitution of a player
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/teamParticipation
Description
Link to the team of which this individual is a member, with respect to this Participation
Domain
Range
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/timeAddition
Description
time added to period.
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/timeElapsed
Description
Total time elapsed of event
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/timeRemaining
Description
Time remaining of event
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/uniformNumber
Description
The number usually worn on a player's uniform (jersey etc.) Note that the value may be a string such as 'unknown'.
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/uniformNumberEvent
Description
The number worn on a player's uniform (jersey etc.) for an individual event. Note that the value may be a string such as 'unknown'.
Domain
URI
https://sportschema.org/ontologies/main/zone
Description
The zone on the playing field where the action took place. Value can be sport specific
Domain