Re: [ORG] Implementation report from the University of Oxford

Hi Alex,

Thanks again for the detailed report. Glad Org has been useful for you.

Cheers,
Dave

On 06/11/13 14:46, Alexander Dutton wrote:
> [A variant of this message has already been sent to Dave off-list, but
> here's a copy he can link to for the record]
>
> Hi Dave et al,
>
> We're using the ORG ontology for the University of Oxford's IT Services
> internal org chart and the University's OxPoints dataset.
>
> The frontend to our orgchart is a pure JS web app doing SPARQL against
> an OAuth2-protected endpoint. It's in GitHub at
> <https://github.com/ox-it/orgchart>. Unfortunately the data are not
> public, but if you want I should be able to generate an anonymised
> version which I could send your way.
>
> Of particular note is
> <https://github.com/ox-it/orgchart/blob/master/index.html>, which has a
> few SPARQL queries in it, and which should show you which bits of the
> ontology we're using.
>
> We are using org:Role to represent job titles, and org:roleProperty to
> differentiate between roles that are management and those that are not.
>
> We're also using org:basedAt to record the link between a org:Post and a
> geo:SpatialThing — I realise that the spec says the domain should be
> foaf:Person, but some of our people have multiple posts based in
> different buildings. Likewise, we're using org:reportsTo between
> org:Posts, not people.
>
>
> OxPoints (our organisational/spatial dataset) is using
> org:has[Primary]Site. We're using v:adr on places directly, instead of
> org:siteAddress pointing at a v:VCard.
>
> I *thought* we were using org:OrganizationalCollaboration for
> admissionsℹ (http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/admissions_i/), so I guess
> that that counts as planned usage for now. There are also a few other
> things like collaborative research centres that could be modelled this way.
>
> It would be nice if we used org:ChangeEvent et al, but I think we'd need
> a class for "defunct organization" so we didn't confuse tools looking
> for organizations.
>
> Sub-properties of org:linkedTo would also come in handy for modelling
> the relationship between the University and its constituent colleges,
> spin-outs, Recognised Independent Centres, and Ripon College Cuddesdon
> (which isn't a college or hall of the University, but which has degrees
> validated by it). I just haven't got this far yet.
>
> If at some point the University decides to expose its list of student
> clubs and societies, org:purpose would be a good fit for the bit on the
> club registration form called "Aims or purpose of Club".
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Alex
>
> On 04/11/13 15:21, Dave Reynolds wrote:
>> The W3C GLD working group is discussing the status of the Organization
>> Ontology [1] which is currently a Candidate Recommendation.
>>
>> While there is evidence of usage [2] we cannot yet meet the CR exit
>> criteria for all the terms in the ontology. The group will need to
>> decide within the next two weeks what to do about this (options
>> include alternative publication tracks).
>>
>> If you have, or are planning, a use of the ORG ontology and have not
>> yet reported it to the working group then please could you do so over
>> the next two weeks letting us know at least which terms you have used.
>> If you plan a report but cannot make that timescale then please
>> contact us.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-org/
>> [2] http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/wiki/ORG_Implementations
>>
>
>

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