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=== ORKG templates for Ecology and Invasion Biology ===

In collaboration with the ORKG, we established a set of semantic templates to guide ecologists in annotating papers in a machine-interpretable and standardised way. We built these templates in an iterative process in a series of [https://www.hi-knowledge.org/events Hi Knowledge workshops].

Semantic templates promise:

* Guidance for ecologists to choose which concepts are important to annotate
* Standardisation of annotations (allowing for controlled vocabulary, handling of synonymy, homonymy, different languages, etc.)
* Flexibility by handling heterogeneity in entries (e.g. different taxonomic levels, different units)
* Machine-interpretable and open metadata to replace publisher keywords
* Re-usability of annotations in future meta-analysis

These templates range from a very broad ecological scoping of a study ('''#1'''), similar to what is usually included in a publication's keywords, to more detailed description of study systems ('''#2''') and study designs ('''#3''').

We also designed templates specific to invasion biology studies. The first ('''#4''') is a general description of the main theme, research questions, hypotheses and invasive taxa investigated, following our current [https://www.hi-knowledge.org/tools/classification-scheme conceptual scheme for invasion biology]. The second ('''#3''') describes the testing of major hypotheses in the field (described by template '''#6'''). It provides information about support or rebuttal of those hypotheses, in the same way as the [https://www.hi-knowledge.org/tools/hypothesis-networks Hi Knowledge data] provided.

'''Table 1:''' ORKG templates created for ecology studies, with #4-6 being specific to invasion biology.

{|
!width="3%"| '''#'''
!width="18%"| '''Template name'''
!width="11%"| '''Domain'''
!width="54%"| '''Description'''
!width="11%"| '''ORKG ID'''
|-
| 1
| '''Study in Ecology and Evolution''' (main template)
| Ecology
| General template for any study in the field of ecology (''sensu largo).'' Includes: research field, approach, taxonomic coverage, geographic coverage, temporal coverage, habitat, etc.
| [https://orkg.org/template/R593657 R593657]
|-
| 2
| '''Ecological study system description'''
| Ecology
| Describes the properties of a specific ecological study system, which can be shared by multiple studies.
| [https://orkg.org/template/R593670 R593670]
|-
| 3
| '''Ecological study design description'''
| Ecology
| Describes the study design (sample size, treatment, etc.) in an ecological study.
| [https://orkg.org/template/R593806 R593806]
|-
| 4
| '''Invasion biology study research question'''
| Invasion biology
| Classifies the study by theme, research question, hypotheses and invasive taxa, following the scheme by Musseau et al. (in prep)
| [https://orkg.org/template/R593830 R593830]
|-
| 5
| '''Hypothesis test in invasion biology'''
| Invasion biology
| Annotate whether the study supports or not a major hypothesis
| [https://orkg.org/template/R646660 R646660]
|-
| 6
| '''Hypotheses in invasion biology template'''
| Invasion biology
| Template for describing major theoretical hypotheses in invasion biology
| [https://orkg.org/template/R602693 R602693]
|}

''Anyone can create a template in the ORKG!''

If you think these templates are insufficient and want to create a template for your field or a particular research question, get started [https://orkg.org/about/19/Templates here].