# PAV Provenance, Authoring and Versioning (PAV)

> PAV is a lightweight ontology for tracking Provenance, Authoring and Versioning. PAV specializes...

- Page: https://library.schematica.io/model/03732f55924a42b7b38456ac1195af1c
- Model type: Ontology
- License: CC0 1.0
- Access type: Free
- Access method: GitHub
- Model size: Small
- Formats: OWL
- Domains: Tech / IT
- Audiences: Researcher, Developer
- External link: https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/PAV
- Contact: Stian Soiland-Reyes (stian@soiland-reyes.com)
- Listed in library: 2025-06-12
- Last updated: 2025-09-10

## Description

## Ontology Info

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Acronyme | PAV |
| Description | PAV is a lightweight ontology for tracking Provenance, Authoring and Versioning. PAV specializes the W3C provenance ontology PROV-O in order to describe authorship, curation and digital creation of online resources.<br><br>This ontology describes the defined PAV properties and their usage. Note that PAV does not define any explicit classes or domain/ranges, as every property is meant to be used directly on the described online resource. |
| Format | OWL |
| Categories | Other, Vocabularies |
| Groups |  |

## Metrics

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Classes | 2 |
| Individuals | 9 |
| Properties | 40 |
| Max Depth | 0 |
| Max Child Count | 2 |
| Average Child Count | 2 |
| Classes With One Child | 0 |
| Classes With More Than 25 Children | 0 |
| Classes With No Definition | 2 |

## Projects using PAV

- [MBGD SPARQL Search](https://bioportal.bioontology.org/projects/MBGD)

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Source: https://library.schematica.io/model/03732f55924a42b7b38456ac1195af1c