VIVO is a web-based, open-source suite of computer software for managing data about researchers, scientists, and faculty members.
VIVO uses Semantic Web techniques to represent people and their work.
[1] The Cornell University Library originally created VIVO in 2003 as a "virtual life sciences community".
The ontology can be used to describe several roles of faculty members, including research, teaching, and service.
[6] The Dutch Data Archiving and Networked Services and Indiana University worked to develop the ontology to enable bilingual modeling of researchers.