mapping between ontologies: documenting why there is equivalence

I noticed the ontology mapping project members recently proposed
<https://github.com/mapping-commons/SSSOM/issues/48> using the eco
<https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols/ontologies/eco> ontology to document
explanations why an equivalency or other mapping was made.  I think the eco
ontology is general enough to be used for human services, but I may be
wrong, since it is heavily populated with biosciences evidence
terminology.  In which case, patterning something more general from eco
would be useful.  Regardless, documenting the rationale for a given mapping
would assist future human services ontology maintainers assess the
continued validity of those mapping.

Eric Jahn
CTO/Data Architect
Alexandria Consulting LLC
St. Petersburg, Florida
alexandriaconsulting.com