Building Shared Language for Salmon Knowledge

A technical presentation introducing the Research Data Alliance Salmon Ontology Working Group's approach to building shared, structured vocabularies for salmon research. Covers the challenges of inconsistent terminology across salmon science, demonstrates methods for decomposing complex terms into machine-readable knowledge models, and presents a blueprint for a collaborative Salmon Knowledge Portal that enables data integration across agencies, geographies, and time periods. Presented in Anchorage, Alaska at a workshop for 'Developing a Blueprint for a Salmon Knowledge Portal' on November 13, 2025.