Re: [sio-dev] Fwd: [ontolog-forum] Sharing and Integrating Ontologies

[Cameron Ross <cross@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 2:52 PM, kenb <kenb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 6 Apr 2010, Cameron Ross wrote:

> Thanks Todd.
>
> The use cases thus far describe Create, Retrieve, Update and Delete
> (CRUD) functionality that is typical of a repository.  I'm looking for
> use cases that correspond to the eventual end uses of onologies
> residing within the repository.  For example, the trigger for the
> "Find Ontology" use case is "Need for an ontology".  What are the use
> cases that motivate the need for an ontology.  Although such use cases
> may not be required for the system level implementation of the
> repository, I believe they are essential to develop an understanding
> of the types of problems that an ontology repository will help to solve.
>
> I guess I'm struggling to understand the value of ontology
> repositories beyond their ability to facilitate the development and
> sharing of ontologies.  If there isn't any value beyond this, then
> what is the need for an "online" repository.  Wouldn't a system that
> allows for the sharing and collaborative development of static
> ontology artifacs (e.g. files) suffice?  SourceForge comes to mind.

The OOR use cases consider workflows/processes such as reviewing, mapping,
composing, etc.  The use cases also distinguish the roles (actors) that
are involved in these processes. IMHO, these go significantly beyond CRUD
functionality.

I guess it all depends on how you define CRUD.  I'd argue that all of 

the processes you mention are, in fact, CRUD processes... just a little 

more elaborate than CRUD in the typical RDBMS sense.  That is, they

all relate to creating, retrieving, updating and deleting ontologies. 

> Perhaps this a naive view, or it has been discussed previously.  If
> so, some links would be much appreciated.

See the OOR use case descriptions at
http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/work/OOR/OOR-Use-Cases/oor-usecase.xml and
the main OOR use cases page at

http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository_UseCases

-- Ken

>
> Cameron.
>
>
> Kojeware Corporation
>
> On Apr 6, 2010, at 12:07 PM, Todd J Schneider <todd.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
>> Ron, Cameron,
>>
>> The OOR team does have high-level use cases addressing different
>> roles of OOR users. Among them are Developer and [general] User.
>>
>> See
>> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?
>> OpenOntologyRepository_UseCases
>>
>> Feel free to extend or add to the existing use cases.
>>
>> Todd
>>
>>
>>
>> From:
>> Ron Wheeler <rwheeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To:
>> "[sio-dev] discussion" <sio-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date:
>> 04/06/2010 10:54 AM
>> Subject:
>> Re: [sio-dev] Fwd: [ontolog-forum] Sharing and  Integrating
>> Ontologies
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>>
>>
>> Does anyone have a written use case for what an ontologist would
>> want us
>> to produce?
>> What are the problems he/she should be trying to solve when they
>> contemplate selecting one of our artifacts?
>> How will our artifacts interface with the rest of the solutions set?
>>
>> Are we in a position to write the introductory chapter of the user
>> documentation?
>>
>> Do we have a place on the wiki where these ideas can be developed?
>>
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>> Rick Murphy wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 7:32 AM, John F. Sowa <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> <mailto:sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> John Bateman and his group at Bremen put together a variety of free
>>>>> and open source tools and integrated them with their methodology.
>>>>> One of the most important is HeTS (Heterogeneous Tool System),
>>>>> which can translate from one logic to another while preserving
>>>>> the semantics:
>>>>
>>>
>>> I spent most of last Winter investigating HETs, CASL, Haskell and
>>> Isabelle. At this point I have a modest capacity to engage in
>>> modeling
>>> and coding with this tool suite.
>>>
>>> I look forward to the discussion !
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Rick
>>>
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