- From: John Graybeal <graybeal@mbari.org>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:14:26 -0700
- To: Raúl García Castro <rgarcia@fi.upm.es>
- Cc: public-xg-ssn@w3.org
Raúl, These ideas have been added to the attributes list. John On Jul 7, 2009, at 5:54 AM, Raúl García Castro wrote: > Dear all, > > I have a couple of comments regarding the ontology attributes that > we are using to describe the ontologies: > http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/ssn/wiki/SSN_Suggested_Key_Ontology_Intro_Attributes > > In the ontology attributes we already take into account some aspect > of the ontology quality: that the ontology is well documented. > Nevertheless, from our experience, there are other aspects that are > highly relevant such as the lack of anomalies (redundancies, > inconsistencies, etc.) in the ontology, which are important to know > to decide whether to reuse some ontology or part of it. > > Also, regarding the reliability (trust) of the ontology, now we > already consider if the ontology is maintained/supported by some > organization and its adoption. > In this case, other relevant factors could be if the model described > by the ontology is supported by some theory and if the ontology has > been formally evaluated. > > Kind regards, > > -- > > Dr. Raúl García Castro > http://delicias.dia.fi.upm.es/~rgarcia/ > > Ontology Engineering Group (http://www.oeg-upm.net/) > Universidad Politécnica de Madrid > Campus de Montegancedo, s/n - Boadilla del Monte - 28660 Madrid > Phone: +34 91 336 36 70 - Fax: +34 91 352 48 19 > John -------------- John Graybeal <mailto:graybeal@mbari.org> -- 831-775-1956 Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Marine Metadata Interoperability Project: http://marinemetadata.org
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