Repository details

EcoPortal

Name of repository
EcoPortal
Repository URL
https://ecoportal.lifewatch.eu/
Subject(s)
Description
EcoPortal is a repository of semantic artefacts for ecology and related domains. It has been developed by LifeWatch ERIC, in collaboration with its Italian node LifeWatch Italy coordinated by CNR, through the reuse of the OntoPortal technology to support the activities of different kinds of stakeholders (researchers, vocabularies managers, data managers, ontologists, etc.). EcoPortal assists the community in the creation, management, mapping, hosting, versioning, alignment, annotation, of semantic artefacts and subsequently also of its data, by adopting and fostering FAIR principles. It enables semantic interoperability by using well-known standards (e.g., SKOS, OWL, RDF, SPARQL, JSON, etc.). Ontologies can be explored across multiple federated portals (other OntoPortal instances i.e., AgroPortal, BioDivPortal and EarthPortal).
Contact(s)
  • administrative: lucia.vaira@lifewatch.eu
  • administrative: Ilaria.rosati@cnr.it
  • support: semantics@lifewatch.eu
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
Repository size
As of mid 2026: 81 Semantic resources; 38K Classes; 1M Individuals; 3K Properties; 3 Projects; 75K Mappings; 176 Users
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://ontoportal.github.io/documentation/user_guide/EcoPortal
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider
  • serviceProvider

Dates

Started
2020

Institutions (2)

Institution name
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri
Additional name(s)
  • CNR IRET
Institution identifier(s)
Country
Italy
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
2020
Institution name
LifeWatch ERIC
Institution identifier(s)
Country
Spain
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • funding
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
2020

Policies (3)

Policy name
Terms and conditions
Policy name
Acceptable use policy
Policy name
Privacy Policy

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Database licenses (1)

Database license
CC

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (1)

Data license
CC

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
CC
Name of the repository software
  • OntoPortal
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
https://ecoportal.lifewatch.eu/citeus
Author identifier system(s)
  • ORCID
Enhanced publication
yes
Metric(s)
  • Usage statistics

Application programming interfaces (1)

Type
REST
Url
https://data.ecoportal.lifewatch.eu/
Documentation
https://data.ecoportal.lifewatch.eu/documentation

Metadata standards (3)

Metadata standard
DataCite Metadata Schema
Metadata standard
DCAT (Data Catalog Vocabulary)
Metadata standard
MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema)

Remarks

Remarks
EcoPortal is based on OntoPortal generic technology (https://ontoportal.org/) and implements the MOD metadata standard (https://github.com/FAIR-IMPACT/MOD).
Entry date
2026-07-10
Last update
2026-07-10
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