OntologySummit2008 Communique Draft Review - "Quality and Gatekeeping" Breakout Group (1GHX)
Ref: OntologySummit2008_Communique/Draft (1GHY)
The Team: (1GHZ)
- FabianNeuhaus (1GI0)
- Joanne Luciano (MITRE) (1H0H)
- Amy Davidon (BBN) (?) (1H0I)
- SteveRay (1H0J)
- MarkMusen (1H0K)
- PatCassidy (1H0L)
- RamSriram (1H0M)
- AmandaVizedom (1H0N)
- Michael Pendleton (EPA) (?) (1H0O)
- BarrySmith (1GI1)
- PaolaDiMaio (1H0P)
- BruceBargmeyer (1H0Q)
Results (1GOQ)
Ontologies in the OOR must meet these minimum requirements related to openness: (1GOR)
- Submitted in a neutral, publicly described language and format. (1GOS)
- Ontology is readable by everybody. (1GOT)
No minimum requirements related to quality are proposed. Instead we recommend this requirement: (1GOU)
- The OOR registry will enable views based on tags provided by subcommunities that characterize ontologies with respect to their chosen criteria. For example, such a view might select for ontologies for specific fields of research or industries, or for ontologies satisfying specific quality criteria or levels of organizational approval. (1GJF)
Discussion Notes (1GLE)
Openness (1GOV)
Candidates: (1GJT)
- Based on open standards (1GJU)
- Cooperative, transparent process. (1GJV)
- Everybody can participate (1GJW)
- Ontology is accessible to everybody. (1GJA)
- Open source, e.g., Creative Commons Attribute License (1GOW)
Kept: (1GJX)
- Submitted in a neutral, publicly described language and format. (1GJY)
- Ontology is readable by everybody. (1GJB)
Removed: (1GJZ)
- Cooperative, transparent process. (1GK0)
- Everybody can participate (1GK1)
- Open source, e.g., Creative Commons Attribute License (1GJC)
Comment on removals: Agreed that removal from the minimum requirements list is not a minimization of importance. All submitted ontologies must have some metadata; it may be that each of these corresponds to some metadata that will be required. (1GJD)
Quality (1GJE)
- The OOR registry will enable views based on tags provided by subcommunities that characterize ontologies with respect to their chosen criteria. For example, such a view might select for ontologies for specific fields of research or industries, or for ontologies satisfying specific quality criteria or levels of organizational approval. (1GJF)