v 0.1 2010/03/21 12:56:51 kenb/mgurmendez Instance Data For OOR Usecases OOR Ken Baclawski Máximo Gurméndez Functional Requirements for the Open Ontology Repository 0.1 Northeastern University OOR Initiative March 14, 2010 Accredit Registration Authority Ken Baclawski The accreditation authority decides whether to include a registration authority. March 14, 2010 A user requests that a new registration authority be admitted. The system queues the request and informs the Accreditor. The Accreditor accredits the new registration authority and grants the registrar role to the requesting user. The system notifies the user that the request was accepted. The user receives the notification. Steward Registrarion Máximo Gurméndez A user wants to become a Steward for a registration authority. March 14, 2010 The user places the request to be a steward to a particular registrar. The system notifies the registrar that a request has been made for a user to become a steward. The registrar approves the request. The system notified the user Submitter Registrarion Máximo Gurméndez A user wants to become a Submitter for a registration authority. March 14, 2010 The user places the request to become a submitter from a particular steward. The system notifies the steward that a request has been made for the user to become a submitter. The steward approves the request. The system notifies the user that the request has been accepted. Query the registration authorities Máximo Gurméndez A user queries the system to obtain information on all registration authorities. March 14, 2010 A user requests the system for information on the existing registration authorities. The system returns the information about all registration authorities, including all registrars and stewards associated with each registration authority. Upload Process Definition Máximo Gurméndez The upload of a process definition on the system. March 14, 2010 The process manager requests the system for process definition schema The system returns the schemas for instantiating process definitions. The process manager uploads the process definition to the system. The system notifies the process manager that the process has been uploaded successfully. Register Item Máximo Gurméndez A submitter registers an Administered Item for the first time. March 14, 2010 The submitter uploads an administered item. The system returns a confirmation message and a version number for the newly created administered item Query Administered Item Máximo Gurméndez A user queries the system to find an administered item March 14, 2010 The submits a combination subset of query component values. These are title, release date and status. The user also specifies how to sort the results, and a desired rank range of results. For example: the user might search for "Virus Infection", released before 01/10/2009, with STANDARD status, sorted by release date, and returning the ranked list that goes from entry 20 to 30. Optionally, the specific version can also be included in the query. The system returns a list of administered items that match the user query Query Administered Item Máximo Gurméndez A submitter or steward March 14, 2010 The user submits an administrative item (along with its version number) to the OOR. The system returns a confirmation message and a new version number for the administered item. Process Instance Form Completion Máximo Gurméndez A user needs to input some information as required by some process definition. March 14, 2010 The system notifies a user that some information needs to be provided for the process of standarization to continue for some administered item. The user queries the system for the list of tasks to be completed. The system returns all the pending tasks for the user. The user submits the information required for one or more of the tasks. The system returns a confirmation message. Update Contact Information Máximo Gurméndez A user changes its contact information. March 14, 2010 The user submits the new contact information (i.e. email address, name or surname). The system returns a confirmation message. Review an administered item Máximo Gurméndez A user wants to review the administered item by providing comments and number rating. March 14, 2010 The user submits a comment, and a number rating for a particular version of an administered item. The system records the information and sends the user a confirmation message. Advertise Administered Items Máximo Gurméndez The user retrieves a list of some of the administered items that are to specially advertised. March 14, 2010 The user submits a request to see the advertised administered item (i.e. when opening the home page of the system) The system returns the advertised administered item using some criteria (i.e. the items which have a STANDARD status and its ratings are high). Retire User Máximo Gurméndez A user desires to retire from the system responsabilities. March 14, 2010 The user submits a request to retire from the system. The system returns a confirmation message. Re-assign User Máximo Gurméndez A user has retired and any responsability must be taken over by some other user. March 14, 2010 The user is a Steward, Submitter or Registrar. The system sends a request to other users in the same registration authority and same level (i.e. steward, registrar or submitter), the petition to take over the responsibility of the user that has retired, with a petition number. A user sends the petition number and an acknowledgement that is willing to accept the petition. We will call this user the candidate. The system informs the immediate superior that a candidate exists for a user to accept the petition. The immediate superior accepts the candidate. The system informs the candidate, that it has now inherited the reponsibilities of the retired user. Query procedures Máximo Gurméndez The user wants to retrieve the latest procedures regarding the standardization process. March 14, 2010 The user submits a request to see the latest procedures. The system returns all the latest procedures that involve the registration authority to which the user belongs (via the hierarchy). Query Contact Information Máximo Gurméndez The user wants to retrieve the contact information for people within his registration authority. March 14, 2010 The user submits a request to see the contact information of people of its own registration authority. The system returns a list of all contacts (and its corresponding role) that belong to the same registration authority as the user. Each contact also specifies its immediate superior. Retire Item Máximo Gurméndez A steward want to retire an administered item from the system. A retired item should be distinguished from that of an active item whose status is marked as deprecated. In the first case, the item will no longer be available to any user, whereas in the second case the item will still be available, but users know that the item should be replaced by some other. March 14, 2010 The steward requests the system for an administered item to be retired. The system marks the administered item as retired (i.e. it will no longer be accessible to any user in the system) "Accreditor" The singular authority that manages the registration authorities of the OOR "Registrar" A user that directly represents the registration authority. "Steward" A user that represents the registration authority through a specific registrar. "Submitter" A user that represents a registration authority through a specific steward. "ProcessManager" A user that is able to create process definitions User Any user of the OOR