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= [[OntologySummit2008|Ontology Summit 2008]] Communique Draft Review - "Quality and Gatekeeping" Breakout Group  =

== Ref: [[OntologySummit2008_Communique/Draft]]  ==

The Team: 

* [[FabianNeuhaus|Fabian Neuhaus]] 
* Joanne Luciano (MITRE) 
* Amy Davidon (BBN) (?) 
* [[SteveRay|Steve Ray]] 
* Mark Musen 
* [[PatCassidy|Pat Cassidy]] 
* [[RamSriram|Ram D. Sriram]] 
* [[AmandaVizedom|Amanda Vizedom]] 
* Michael Pendleton (EPA) (?) 
* [[BarrySmith|Barry Smith]] 
* [[PaolaDiMaio]] 
* [[Bargmeyer|Bruce Bargmeyer]] 

== Results  ==

Ontologies in the OOR must meet these minimum requirements related to openness: 

* Submitted in a neutral, publicly described language and format. 
* Ontology is readable by everybody. 

No minimum requirements related to quality are proposed. Instead we recommend this requirement: 

* The OOR registry will enable views based on tags provided by subcommunities that characterize ontologies with respect to their chosen criteria. For example, such a view might select for ontologies for specific fields of research or industries, or for ontologies satisfying specific quality criteria or levels of organizational approval. 

=== Discussion Notes  ===

==== Openness  ====

Candidates: 

* Based on open standards 
* Cooperative, transparent process. 
* Everybody can participate 
* Ontology is accessible to everybody. 
* Open source, e.g., Creative Commons Attribute License 

Kept: 

* Submitted in a neutral, publicly described language and format. 
* Ontology is readable by everybody. 

Removed: 

* Cooperative, transparent process. 
* Everybody can participate 
* Open source, e.g., Creative Commons Attribute License 

Comment on removals: Agreed that removal from the minimum requirements list is not a minimization of importance. All submitted ontologies must have some metadata; it may be that each of these corresponds to some metadata that will be required. 

==== Quality  ====

* The OOR registry will enable views based on tags provided by subcommunities that characterize ontologies with respect to their chosen criteria. For example, such a view might select for ontologies for specific fields of research or industries, or for ontologies satisfying specific quality criteria or levels of organizational approval. 

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