Re: [ontology-summit] HC-05 Ontology of Ontology Evaluation - Ontology U

[Bev Corwin <bevcorwin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Amanda,

I tried to add a comment but wasn't able to on: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1l3nc_lJgNlD1lGDY1kN7DbvzbYBZMfkn12l1_r_RIU4/edit

Comment re: tracking contributions in the higher concept levels dynamically, as well as contributor metrics and demographic data, perspectives, domains, etc., so that as things develop a drill down source is created to reference, edit, extend, etc. will help w/ evaluation process:

http://cognexus.org/compendium_maps.htm

Bev

On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Amanda Vizedom <amanda.vizedom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Bev,

Without addressing whether Noy's article incorporates such contributor analysis, I'll answer that (again, from an evaluation and requirements perspective) contributor and user characteristics can be quite important. If it is to guide identification of ontology requirements (and hence evaluation criteria, etc.), an intended or actual usage description should include information about the users. And a usage description may include, or may entail, requirements regarding the provenance of the ontology (potentially including the types and levels of expertise of contributors, their relationship to the subject matter, and so on. 

All,

This came up today within the context of hackathon HC-05 http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2013_Hackathon_Clinics_OntologyOfOntologyEvaluation.  "Ontology Usage" is among the concepts we have in the conceptual model we worked on, covering important concepts related to ontology evaluation, rooted in the materials and discussions we have had over the course of the summit.  In this context, we are treating "Ontology Usage" as a complex thing that is important in determining ontology requirements. We are looking at ontology usage as decomposable in a variety of ways, including the analysis suggested in the Application Framework development done in the 2011 summit (http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2011_ApplicationFramework_Synthesis), and other analysis suggested by different speaker, methods, tools and approaches.  One of our goals for the conceptual model (and formal ontology to follow) is to capture this decomposability and some of its dimensions, as well as the potential importance of each in determining the requirements that should be applied to ontology for some usage.  To capture the specifics of *how* those usage elements contribute to requirements determination is beyond the ambition of this project. But have been aiming to capture a conceptual model that contributes to the ability to represent and understand such specific knowledge.

Best,

Amanda

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