Re: request of the repository location for hosting *RDF, *OWL, *N3 files possibly at W3C server

I strongly agree with the several endorsements to make use of the  
BioPortal for this requirement.

In working directly with NCBO on the ontology component of what we're  
doing, we will also be much more likely be aware of - and make use of  
- the other relevant ontologies being aggregated with the BioPortal.

This is not to negate the importance of the technical and licensing  
issues that have been brought up.  Clearly, Alan, Helen, & others  
have already  provided very important feedback on these issues which  
goes even further to endorse the value of our working with NCBO in  
this context.

Cheers,
Bill

On Jan 9, 2007, at 12:02 PM, Eric Neumann wrote:

>
> Mark,
>
> I do think this is the right way to share and interlink ontologies.  
> We would certainly support the cross-linking from our activity  
> sites, as well as using them directly.
>
> Looking at the interface, it is not clear to me ho best to  
> reference an element of the ontologies there-- is there a URI  
> mechanism that can be used directly by outside researchers? How  
> does this relate to the DOID #  (i.e., namespaces)?
>
> best,
> Eric
>
> On Jan 8, 2007, at 7:10 PM, Mark Musen wrote:
>
>> Helen,
>>
>> We'd be delighted to have you consider hosting these files on the  
>> BioPortal ontology repository that we are creating as part of the  
>> National Center for Biomedical Ontology (see http:// 
>> www.bioontology.org/ncbo/faces/index.xhtml).  We soon will be  
>> releasing BioPortal to the community, and this repository was  
>> created for just the purpose that you have in mind.
>>
>> Anyone can give the pre-release version a spin; we are extremely  
>> eager for feedback.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> On Jan 8, 2007, at 9:35 AM, helen.chen@agfa.com wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>>> Welcome!
>>>
>>> The task forces at HCLS are working on various use cases,  
>>> converting datasets, generating RDF, OWL, N3 files.  Currently,  
>>> some of these files are stored at ESW wiki site, some are at  
>>> personal/company sites.
>>>
>>> The request for a permanent repository location to host such  
>>> files generated at HCLS group has been discussed before.  The  
>>> BioRDF, BioOnt and ACPP group would like to post this request again.
>>>
>>> Changing URIs of some of the files could be expensive and tedious  
>>> in a later stage.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>> Helen
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
>>> Sent by: public-semweb-lifesci-request@w3.org
>>> 01/08/2007 11:33 AM
>>>
>>> To
>>> public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org, "Eric Prud'hommeaux" <eric@w3.org>
>>> cc
>>> Subject
>>> change in staff contact...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> First of all, a very happy new year to all of you!
>>>
>>> If you remember, I came in as staff contact for the HCLS IG as a
>>> 'temporary' measure, until this is sorted out. I am pleased to  
>>> inform
>>> you that, as of January, the new staff contact for this IG is Eric
>>> Prud'hommeaux <eric@w3.org>. Let me welcome him in the name of  
>>> the group!
>>>
>>> I will stay on the group as an 'alternate' staff contact, so you  
>>> will
>>> not get rid of me that easily:-). But the real guy is now Eric.
>>>
>>> As a first explicit issue: it seems that some of the zakim  
>>> reservations
>>> were not done for 2007, so the biordf group had problems today.  
>>> Please,
>>> send all the zakim reservations you manage to Eric, so that he  
>>> can check
>>> with the guardians of zakim the status. All bridge reservations  
>>> should
>>> be extended until the end of this year, I guess.
>>>
>>> Ivan
>>>
>>> -- 
>>>
>>> Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead
>>> URL: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/
>>> PGP Key: http://www.cwi.nl/%7Eivan/AboutMe/pgpkey.html
>>> FOAF: http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf.rdf
>>>
>>> <signature.asc>
>>
>
>
>
> Eric Neumann, PhD
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> and Senior Director Product Strategy
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>

Bill Bug
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