Core Ontology
J Kennedy(R Gales, R Hyam, R Kukla, J Wieczorek
G Hagerdorn, M Doering, D Vieglais, S Perry , D Hobern)
Ontology Structure
Application Ontologies
Base Ontology BaseThing BaseActor
Core Ontology
CoreTaxonName CoreInstitution
Domain Ontology TaxonName
NomenclaturalType
NomeclaturalNote
Specimen
ABCD
DarwinCore???
Adapted Roger Hyam (TDWG TAG)
TaxonName
Specimen
Identification
Process
• TDWG TAG Wiki – Ontology page:http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/TAG/TDWGOntology
– Subgroups – contributed possible reusable concepts based on existing standards
• Meeting of subgroup members to draft core ontology– 16-18th May @ eSI– J Kennedy, R Gales, R Hyam, R Kukla, J Wieczorek– G Hagerdorn, M Doering, D Hobern, D Vieglais, S
Perryhttp://www.nesc.ac.uk/action/esi/contribution.cfm?Title=687
• Report on outcome of meetinghttp://www.nesc.ac.uk/talks/687/coremeetingreport.pdf
Process
• Wiki feedback• Re-draft of core ontology• New draft presented at meeting on 8th June @
eSI– J Kennedy, R Gales, R Hyam, M Doering, D Vieglais,
S Perry– UML model – not on Wiki yet…– Few small suggested changes
• Use core ontology to produce a domain ontology – Implement a small demo to look at issues of using
ontology for an application and reusing GUIDs– Prototype tool for applying GUIDs to existing data
Changes to be made/addressed
• Ontology/Modelling– Typification (as ‘event’)– CoreTaxonOccurrence -> CoreOccurence ?– Further work on
• Spatio-temporal representation• Descriptions
• Non-taxonomic Community issues:– Versioning– Provenance– Quality of Service– Assertional data
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