RE: Answers to questions about BioPortal

 >> Yes, a URI mechanism will be made available soon. Ontologies will have
their own namespaces defined  by  
 >> the authors, or if none is provided, we will create one based on our
bioontology.org namespace.
 
If the authors have their own namespace URI, that means they have to
maintain a copy of the ontology at their own site. I wonder how will the
synchronization between the bioportal to the external site be established?  
 
If an ontology is to adopt the URI that the bioportal provides, I wonder
what kind of URI, in terms of the hash vs. slash, that the bioportal will
support.  For a samll sized ontology, the hash URI would be sufficient and
ideal.  But if the ontology's size is huge, I do believe the slash URI
should be used to avoid the unnecessary import. From the implementation
point of view, however, supporting slash URI would take a lot more hassle
than supporting the hash URI. I wonder if bioportal will be able to support
that?
 
Xiaoshu