- From: Dave Reynolds <dave.e.reynolds@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 22:34:07 +0000
- To: Alexander Dutton <alexander.dutton@it.ox.ac.uk>, public-gld-comments@w3.org
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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