OntologySummit2008/Quality Gatekeeping Draft Review

= OntologySummit2008 Communique Draft Review - "Quality and Gatekeeping" Breakout Group =

Ref: OntologySummit2008_Communique/Draft
The Team:


 * FabianNeuhaus
 * Joanne Luciano (MITRE)
 * Amy Davidon (BBN) (?)
 * SteveRay
 * MarkMusen
 * PatCassidy
 * RamSriram
 * AmandaVizedom
 * Michael Pendleton (EPA) (?)
 * BarrySmith
 * PaolaDiMaio
 * BruceBargmeyer

Results
Ontologies in the OOR must meet these minimum requirements related to openness:


 * Submitted in a neutral, publicly described language and format.
 * Ontology is readable by everybody.

No minimum requirements related to quality are proposed. Instead we recommend this requirement:


 * 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.

Openness
Candidates:


 * Based on open standards
 * Cooperative, transparent process.
 * Everybody can participate
 * Ontology is accessible to everybody.
 * Open source, e.g., Creative Commons Attribute License

Kept:


 * Submitted in a neutral, publicly described language and format.
 * Ontology is readable by everybody.

Removed:


 * Cooperative, transparent process.
 * Everybody can participate
 * Open source, e.g., Creative Commons Attribute License

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.

Quality

 * 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.