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-# sphn-ontology
+# SPHN ontology
 
-The SPHN RDF ontology
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+The SPHN ontology project contains the SPHN RDF schema.
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+## SPHN RDF schema
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+The schema is derived from the SPHN Dataset accessible at: [https://sphn.ch/document/sphn-dataset/](https://sphn.ch/document/sphn-dataset/).
+The schema is provided in turtle (.ttl) and (.owl) formats.
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+## Documentation
+
+General documentation can be found at: [sphn-semantic-framework.readthedocs.io](https://sphn-semantic-framework.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html)
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+## Contact
+
+For any question or comment, please contact the data coordination center at [dcc@sib.swiss](mailto:dcc@sib.swiss).