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ELMO Ontology Documentation

Welcome to the ELMO documentation! ELMO is an application ontology for the Ecolink Model - a schema for knowledge graphs that describe environmental processes. This documentation is divided into three main levels depending on your level of use. Here we use a bicycle as a metaphor for an ontology:

Basic user Advanced user Mechanic
You use a bicycle as a tool to get around and have little interest beyond that. You are a bicycle racer and have a keen interest in all things bicycle, but still focus on using it as a way to get around. You like to get into the gears and grease by making bicycles work better for other people (and yourself, too).
New to ontologies in general. Experienced with the use of ontologies. Experienced with the use and development of ontologies.
Interested in using terms from the ontology to annotate your data. Primarily interested in using the ontology, but also open to contributing. Interested in using and stewarding the ontology.
You have little knowledge or interest in programming. You have little knowledge or interest in programming. You aren't scared of a little code!