I tend to agree that we should modify ii. It is generally better that
ontologies are built by small terms (including single-member teams).
But then generally, I think, maintence should allow a more open process. (01)
We tried to define a metric for intelligibility of ontology elements here:
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/7/212
I think 'transparent' in iii. is intended to mean: the ontology
development process is publicly documented e.g. by being carried out
through use of email fora which are web-accessible to all. This is
the policy maintained for example by the OBO Foundry (http://obofoundry.org).
BS (02)
At 01:22 AM 3/18/2008, Patrick Cassidy wrote:
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>Just to add: I would also object to ii, because it would exclude
>locally developed ontologies that are precisely aligned with some
>foundation ontology maintained in the OOR and therefore highly
>reusable and integratable with others.
>
>I'm not sure what 'transparent' in iii. means. I would include as a
>metric of an ontology how well documented it is. As a crude first
>approximation, the average number of words in the comment field of
>each ontology element might be calculated, to give potential users a
>guess as to how difficult it will be to guess the intended meanings
>of the ontology elements. The more documentation, the better. Of
>course, better organized documentation is also better, but harder to
>find a metric for.
>
>Pat
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>[mailto:ontology-summit-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Aldo Gangemi
>Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 9:20 PM
>To: Ontology Summit 2008
>Subject: Re: [ontology-summit] [Quality] What means "open" in "Open
>Ontology Repository"
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>Il giorno 17/mar/08, alle ore 19:43, Pat Hayes ha scritto:
>
>
>At 1:19 PM -0400 3/17/08, Fabian Neuhaus wrote:
>Okay, let me try to summarize. Everybody, please let me know if I
>misrepresented your position.
>We are discussing the scope of the OOR, thus the minimal requirements an
>ontology has to meet.
>Peter Yim and Ravi Sharma suggest the following:
>(i) the ontology is based on open standards AND
>(ii) an ontology that is created and maintained in a cooperative process
>that is, in principle, open to everybody who wants to participate AND
>(iii) an ontology that is created and maintained in a transparent
>process AND
>(iv) the ontology is accessible to all who can be identified or
>authenticated (at least Read only) AND
>(v) the ontology is available under a license that includes virtually no
>restrictions on the use and distribution of the ontology.
>[I assume that a standard is considered to be "open" if and only if it
>meets analogs of criteria (ii)-(v), FN]
>Matthew West objects to (v).
>Pat Hayes objects to (ii) and (iii).
>
>
>For clarification, I don't object to (ii) and (iii), but I do think
>that these should not be required. Insisting on any conditions on
>the process that gave rise to the ontology adds a considerable
>burden both to the cost of creating an ontology and to the task of
>checking its credentials, and is completely irrelevant to the users
>of the ontology. Very few, if any, extant published ontologies fully
>meet conditions (ii) and (iii) above. Ontologies are not standards:
>they are more analogous to pieces of software. No software has ever
>been created by a process satisfying condition (ii).
>
>
>
>
>I agree: why should the effort of a lone wolf be kept out? :)
>BTW, consider that there is no real lone wolf in the ontology
>wilderness: all of us are actually working on the basis of previous
>work, which is a (weak?) form of collaboration. What is otherwise
>scientific literature for?
>
>Aldo
>
>
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