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RecordsinContexts(RiC)
AnArchivalDescriptionDraftStandard
INTERNATIONALCOUNCILONARCHIVESEXPERTSGROUPONARCHIVALDESCRIPTION
ICACongress
Seoul
2016
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescriptionRecordsinContexts
PresentationOverview
Introduction:Background,Context,PivotalChangesDanielPitti
InstituteforAdvancedTechnologyintheHumanities,UniversityofVirginia
RecordsinContexts-ConceptualModel(RiC-CM)
BillStocktingRoyalLibraryandRoyalArchives,UnitedKingdom
RecordsinContexts-Ontology(RiC-O)
FlorenceClavaudArchivesnationales,France
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
RecordsinContexts(RiC):IntroductionDanielPittiInstituteforAdvancedTechnologyintheHumanities,UniversityofVirginiaEGADChair/President
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
ExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription(EGAD)
• FormedbytheICAProgrammeCommissioninlate2012• PartialsuccessortotheCommitteeonBestPracticesandStandards(CBPS)• Term2012-2016• ChargedwithdevelopingaConceptualModelforArchivalDescription• BasedonfourcurrentICAdescriptivestandards• Employingformalinformationmodelingtechniques
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
ICAStandardsforArchivalDescription1988-2008
Standard Edition DevelopmentDates PublicationDate
Principles (1988)1989-1992 1992
ISAD 1st 1990-1993 1994
ISAAR 1st 1993-1995 1996
ISAD 2nd 1996-2000 1999
ISAAR 2nd 2000-2004 2004
ISDF 1st 2005-2007 2007
ISDIAH 1st 2005-2008 2008
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
ArchivalPrinciples:RecordsinContexts
• PrincipleofProvenance• Respectdesfonds
• TheRecordscreated,accumulated,andusedbyapersonorgroupinthecourseoflifeandworkaretobekepttogetherandnotintermixedwithrecordsfromothersources
• RespectforOriginalOrder• Theintellectualgroupingofandsequencingimposedontherecordsinthecontextofaccumulationanduseisessentialtounderstandingtheinterrelationsamongthemaswellasbeingevidenceofhowtheywereused
• Generalinternationalconsensusontheprinciple• Buthistorical,culturaldifferencesinunderstandings• RecordsinContexts
• Embodiesbothfacetsoftheprinciple• ThoughmoreexpansiveunderstandingofProvenance• Basedonintellectualandpracticalcritiqueofarchivaldescription• Recordsandthepeoplethatcreate,manage,andusethemdonotexistinisolationbutincomplexlayersofinterrelated,interdependentcontexts
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
HistoricalContext
• Sinceatleastmid-19thcentury,culturalheritagecommunities• Reimaginedescriptioninrelationtoemergingandnewcommunicationtechnologies• Trend• Separatethecomponentsofdescription• Toefficientlyandmoreeffectivelycreateprevailingaccesstool(e.g.,bookcatalog,findingaids)• Atthesametime,enablenewtools,newperspectives,newpaths,basedonrecombiningthecomponents
• FourICAstandardsreflectthistrend• Thoughtheseparationandnewperspectivesnotrealized
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
CurrentandEmergingTechnologyLandscape
• Network,ofcourse,andMarkup(XML),andDatabase(SQL)…• XMLandSQLhavedominatedbut…• EmergenceofGraphtechnologies:RDF,SemantictechnologiesandLinkedOpenData• Moreexpressive,butalsomorechallenging:complexity,quality…
• Opportunities:separation,recombining,interrelating,openingdomainborders,newperspectives,newpaths…• Repositioncommunitytotakeadvantageoftheopportunities
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
TheRiCProducts
• Conceptual Modelforarchival description(RiC-CM)
• TheConceptual Modelresembles thecurrent ICAstandards
• Documentsthekeyentities ofarchival descriptionandtheproperties ofeach
• With diagrams illustrating howthecomponentsareinterrelated toform complete archival
description
• RiC-CMavailable forcommentuntil 31December 2016.
• AnOntology forarchival description(RiC-O)
• Based onRiC-CM
• Expressed using theW3COWLlanguage
• Willmap archival descriptionconceptstosimilar conceptsemployed byallied communities:
integrated access toculturalheritage
• Willenable archival community toparticipate onits own terms,so-to-speak
• RiC-O draft available late 2016
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
FromISAD(G)
• Predominantformofarchivaldescriptiontoday
• Hierarchical(top-down)descriptionofasinglefonds
• Descriptionofthewhole,thepartsofthewhole,partsoftheparts
• Largelyifnotexclusivelyself-contained,inward“looking”
• Thatis,notconnectedtothebroadercontext
• Allcontainedinasingleapparatus
• ISAD(G)amodelforthisapproach;EADamethodforcommunicatingit
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
•ToRiC
• Torepeat• RecordsinContexts• MoreexpansiveunderstandingofProvenance• Recordsandthepeoplethatcreate,manage,andusethemdonotexistinisolationbutincomplexlayersofinterrelated,interdependentcontexts
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
ToRiC:PivotalChanges
• Recordsandaggregationsofrecordstreatedastwodistinctentities
• Records
• RecordSets
• Overthecourseofitsexistence,arecordmaybeamemberofmorethanonerecordset,andatthesametime
• Multileveldescription
• Multilevelorhierarchicaldescriptiononeamongotherpossiblemethodsofdescription
• Multileveldescriptionpredominates,andwilldosofortheforeseeablefuture:wellunderstoodandeconomic
• Multidimensionaldescription
• Encompassesmultileveldescription
• Withinanetworkofinterrelatedrecords,fonds,people…:contextwithincontext
• Enablesmoreflexibledescription(relationalandgraph)thatismoreexpressiveofthecomplexrealitiesofrecordsthanpossible
inasinglehierarchicaldescription
• Descriptionasavastsocial-documentnetwork
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
Thankyou!
RecordsinContexts-ConceptualModel(RiC-CM)BillStocktingRoyalLibraryandRoyalArchives,UnitedKingdomEGADmember
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
Introduction
TodayIwilltalkabout:
•Whatwemeanbya‘ConceptualModel’asa
document– RecordsinContext(RiC)
•AtourofthedraftofRiCputoutforconsultation
•Nextsteps...
A‘Conceptual’Model?
Theconceptualmodelisadocumentthat:
•Describeskeyhighlevelconceptsforarchival
description:
– Entities(Record,Agent,Functionetc.)
– Theirproperties(id,name,descriptionetc.)
– Therelationsbetweenthem(Record‘was
createdby’Agent)
•Ageneralisedviewofarchivaldescriptionthat
doesnotreplace:
– detailedlogicalandphysicaldatamodels
– cataloguingguidelines(e.g.DACSandother
nationalguidelines)
– XMLschemafordatatransmission(e.g.EAD3
orMARC)
A‘Conceptual’Model?
Theconceptualmodelwillbeadocumentthat:
•framesandrespectscurrentpractice,systems
andprocessyetprovidesabasisfortheir
ongoingdevelopment
•informsongoingprofessionaldiscussions,
educationandtraining
•enablesustocollaboratewithother
informationprofessionals
•ensuresarchivestaketheirproperplaceinthe
digitalworld
ModelsComparison:Data
ModelsComparison:Findings
Wefound:
• Differencesinperspectiveduetothe
differingcontextsofmodelling
• Agreatdealofagreementnow
reflectedinRiC:
– keyentitiesforarchivists:Record,
Agent,andBusinessentities
– contextualentitiessharedwith
others:Places,Dates,Topics,
Eventsetc
– significantpropertiesof,and
relationsbetween,entitiesfor
archivaldescription
RecordEntities:
CurrentlywehavethreeRecordentitiesinRiC:
• Record:‘linguistic,symbolic,orgraphic
informationrepresentedinanypersistent
form,onanydurablecarrier,byany
method,byanAgentinthecourseoflife
orworkeventsandActivities’- the‘item’
levelinISAD(G)
• RecordComponent:thepartsthatmake
upaRecord
• RecordSet:thegroupsoraggregationsof
whichaRecordmaybeamember
RecordSet
RecordComponent
Record
RecordComponent
’hasmember’/’ismemberof’
’haspart’/‘ispartof’ ’haspart’/‘ispartof’
RecordEntities:RecordSet
RecordSet:
• RecordsgroupedtogetherbyanAgent
basedonsharedpropertiesinorderto
servetheirownends:provenance,topic,
placeetc
• Mayholdotherrecordsetsinahierarchyso
catersfortraditionalmulti-levelprovenance
baseddescriptionatfondsorseries‘level’,
andothertypesof‘collections’
• Alsoallowsrecordstobegroupedinother
waysbycreators,archivistsandusers,
simultaneouslyorovertime
RecordSet:usercollection:
recordsrelatingtomyresearch
RecordSet:fonds[orcollection]
RecordSet:series
Record1 Record2 Record3
RecordSet:series
Record1 Record2 Record3
’hasmember/‘ismemberof’
‘ismemberof’/’hasmember’
‘ismemberof’/’hasmember’
’hasmember/‘ismemberof’
RecordEntities:DocumentaryForm
WealsohavetheDocumentaryFormentity,
which:
• allowsthedefinitionofthemodelthat
prescribestheparticularformatofa
Record:acharter,aletter,ane-mail,awill
etc
• connectsRiCtoDiplomatics
Record
DocumentaryForm
‘hasdocumentaryform’/’isdocumentaryformof’
PeopleEntities:
Agententity:
• includesthefollowingtypes:
– Persons
– Groups:corporatebodies;families
– Delegate-Agents:software,robots,
probes
• allowsdefinitionofidentitytypes:
– Given
– Assumed
• hastworelatedentities
– Occupation:professionortrade
– Position:rolewithinacorporatebody
Agent:person
‘occupies’/’isoccupiedby’
PositionOccupation
‘pursues’/’ispursuedby’
‘isassociatedwith’/’isassociatedwith
BusinessEntities:
FromISDF,RiChastwoseparate
entitiesfor:
• Function: anAgent’sbroadgoals
orpurposes
• Activity:actionsperformedbyan
Agentinfulfilmentoffunctions:
Botharedefinedasbeingwithina
specificculturalcontextsoinorder
toseegenericfunctions
independentofcontextthereis
alsoFunction(Abstract)
‘isperformedby’/’performs’
‘isfulfilledby’/‘fulfills’
Function(Abstract)
Function
Activity
Agent
‘hasexample’/Isexampleof’
‘isfulfilledbyperformanceof’/
‘isperformedtofulfill’
BusinessEntities:
Mandate:
• authorityorrulesthatdefinethe
functionsandactivitiesofAgents
• sourceofauthorityforanAgentto
act,whichmayeitherbe:
– impliedbysocialcustomsorpersonal
motivation
– expressedindocumentssuchaslaws,
regulations,standards(e.g.RiC!)
• abstractandnottobeconfused
withthosedocumentsthatmay
giveitexpression
Agent
Function
Record
‘defined’/’wasdefinedby’
‘authorized’/‘wasauthorizedby’
Mandate
‘isevidencedby’/‘isevidenceof’
Activity
EntitiesSharedwithOthers:Place
Place:
• Anygeographicoradministrative
pointorarea
• enablingdescriptionofspatial
contextsofotherentities
Place
Mandate
Agent
Record’washoldinglocationof’/‘hasholdinglocation’
‘isjurisdictionof’/’hasjurisdiction’
’wasbirthplaceof’/‘hadbirthplace’
EntitiesSharedwithOthers:Date
Date:
• chronologicalinformationbased
onanyformat
• enablingdescriptionoftemporal
contextsofotherentities
Date
Mandate
Agent
RecordSet
’wascreationdateof’/‘hadcreationdate’
’wasactivedateof’/‘wasactivedate’
’wasbirthdateof’/‘hadbirthdate’
EntitiesSharedwithOthers:Concept/Thing
Concept/Thing:
• broadtopicsthatmaybethe
subjectofotherentities
• includesabstractideas,material
things,events,includingthosethat
arelegendaryorfictitious
Record
Concept/Thing
Place
Agent
’hassubject’/‘issubjectof’
’hassubject’/‘issubjectof’
’hassubject’/‘issubjectof’
Properties:
Entitieshavetwotypesofproperty:
• Thosethatidentifytheentitythatarecommon
toall:
– GloballyPersistentIdandother‘local’ids
– Name
– GeneralNote
• Thosethatdescribetheentitywhichwilldiffer
duetothedifferentnatureoftheentities
• ManyfamiliarfromISAD(G)etc:
– Recordhasproperties‘scopeandcontent’,‘language
information’,‘conditionsofaccess’etc.
– butnot‘creator’asthatmodelledasarelationbetween
aRecordandanAgent
Agent:
GlobalPersistentId:Type:Name:LanguageInformation:History:…
Record:
GlobalPersistentId:Name:LanguageInformation:ConditionsofAccessScopeandContent:…
‘created’/’wascreatedby’
Properties:Record(andRecordComponent)Specific
Content:
• AuthenticityandIntegrityNote
• ContentType:text,music…
• ContentExtent:1letter…
• QualityofInformation
• ScopeandContent
Representation:
• EncodingFormat:text/csv;audio/mp4…
• LanguageInformation
• MediaType:computer,unmediated…
• ProductionTechnique:handwriting,recording…
Carrier:
• Medium:paper,magneticdisk…
• PhysicalorLogicalExtent:5pages…
• PhysicalCharacteristicsNote
ManagementandUse:
• Classification
• ConditionsofAccess
• ConditionsofUse
• History
• RecordState:draft,copy…
Properties:RecordSetSpecific
PropertiesoftheRecordsSet:
• AccrualNote
• AccrualStatus
• Arrangement
• AuthenticityandIntegrityNote
• Classification
• History
• Type:fonds,series,file,collection…
PropertiesthatmaybeSharedbyAllMembersofa
RecordSet:
• ConditionsofAccess
• ConditionsofUse
• ContentType
• EncodingFormat
• LanguageInformation
• MediaType
• Medium
• ProductionTechnique
• RecordState
PropertiesSummarizingtheMembers
ofaRecordSet:
• ContentExtent
• PhysicalorLogicalExtent
• ScopeandContent
Properties:AgentSpecific
Shared(allTypes):
• Type:person,group,delegate-agent…
• IdentityType:given,assumed…
• LanguageInformation
• History
PropertyspecifictoType=‘person’:
• Gender
PropertyspecifictoType=‘delegate-agent’:
• TechnicalCharacteristics
PropertiesspecifictoType=‘corporatebody’:
• ServicestothePublic
• ContactInformation
• OperatingHours
• Facilities
Properties:SpecificToOtherEntities
Date:
• Calendar
• Type
Activity,DocumentaryForm,Function,Function
(Abstract),Mandate,Occupation,Position:
• Description
• History
• Type
Place:
• Address
• GeographicCoordinates
• Type
Concept/Thing:
• Description
• Type
Relations
Relationsbetweenentitiesareexpressedinsimple
binaryformatinbothdirections:
• relationsarenamedinthepasttensewherethe
actionsexpressedhavecompleted
• allentitieshavegeneral‘isassociatedwith’and
‘wasassociatedwith’relationswitheachother
aswellasmorespecificrelations
Thelistinthedraftremainssuggestivenotcomplete
withthosereflecting:
• thewho,whatandwhereofrecords’creation,
transmission,managementanduse
Relations
Thelistinthedraftremainssuggestivenot
completewiththosereflecting:
• subjectsofrecords
• temporal(successor/predecessor)and
hierarchical(superior/subordinate)relations
betweeninstancesofthesameentity
• Thedoingofbusinessbyagentsandthewhen
andwheretheyaredoingit
• familyrelationsforpersons
TheadditionofDateandPlacepropertiesallows
expressionofgreatercontextforsome
relations
Agent
Record
‘isassociatedwith’/‘isassociatedwith’
‘created’/‘wascreatedby’
Date:2016-09-16Place:Seoul
NextSteps
Soafirstdraftbutstillthingstodo:
•Receive,digestandrespondtofeedback•Model‘control’informationrecreationandmanagementofdescriptions•Discussanddeveloptheobligationandrepeatabilitystatusoftheproperties•Agreeanddefinethefullsetofrelationsforthemodel•Agreethefinaldocumentationnecessary,includingexplanation,diagramsandexamples
Thankyou!
RecordsinContexts-Ontology(RiC-O)FlorenceClavaudArchivesnationales,FranceEGADmember,RiC-Odevelopmentlead
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
WhatIsIt,BrieflyStated?
- amachinereadableversionoftheconceptualmodel
- atoolforwiderintegrationandsharingofarchivaldescription
- anopportunityfortestingandcommunityfeedback
WhatIsIt,BrieflyStated?AFormalRepresentationOfRiC-CM
- BASICALLY,AFORMALVERSIONOFTHECONCEPTUALMODEL...
- amachinereadableandprocessableone;justlike,forexample,EAC-CPF,aformalrepresentationofISAAR(CPF)- samescopeasRiC-CM- generic- multilingualannotations
- …USINGTHEW3CSEMANTICWEBSTANDARDSFORDEFININGENTITIESANDTHEIRRELATIONS- RDF(ResourceDescriptionFramework;aW3Crecommendationsince1999,currentversion:RDF1.1;seehttp://www.w3.org/RDF/);- RDFS(theRDFSchemalanguage;aW3Crecommendationsince2004;seehttp://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-schema/);- OWL(WebOntologyLanguage,firstversiondated2004,2nd onedated2009;seehttp://www.w3.org/2001/sw/wiki/OWL)
WhySuchAnOntology?tobeAbletoPutArchivalMetadataonthe(Semantic)Web
- Archivaldescriptiontoday:alotofdescriptivedata,storedinalotofformats(e.g.relationaldatabases,EAD/XML,EAC-CPF/XML...)andlanguages,inalotofdifferentinformationsystems,allovertheworld.
- Theweb:thelargestandmostpowerfulinformationsystemeverbuilt;currentlyevolvingtowardsa« semanticnetwork »(baseduponconnecteddatasets,viewableasgraphs)
- Inordertopopulatethisnetwork,needtobuildrichmachine-processablemetadatafromourdata,havingtheRDFstandardizedformofsimpletriples(three-componentphrases)
Ex.(inpseudo-RDFTurtlesyntax) :RDFsubject RDFpredicateRDFobject
anf:LucienFebvre RiC-O:created anf:fonds591AP .anf:fonds591AP rdf:type RiC-O:RecordSet .
eachofthecomponents(resources)havingitsuniqueidentifier(URI).
Why?
- TOLINKTHEDATATOOTHERDATA(tobuildrichLinkedDatasets)Ex. :anf:LucienFebvre RiC-O:created anf:fonds591AP.anf:LucienFebvre owl:sameAs http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb119024609#foaf:Person.anf:LucienFebvre owl:sameAs http://viaf.org/viaf/61545548.
- TOACCURATELYQUERYTHERDFDATAANDMAKEINFERENCESBASEDONTHEMEx.visualize(orcreatefromseveralgraphscomingfromseveraldatasets)agraphconcerningaperson;discover,readingwhatotherinstitutionsknowabouthim/her,thathe/shelivedorwasbornatsomedateandplace,thathe/sheusedseveralnames,haddifferentactivities,thenbeabletoenrichone'sowndata ;discoverthearchivalrecordshe/shecreated,thebookshe/shewrote,whereallthoseculturalheritageobjectsare,etc.
- LINKEDDATA:ANOPENWORLD,NOTACLOSED,FULLYDEFINEDDATABASEButofcourse,ifmany(all)archivalinstitutionsusethesameontologytocreatetheirRDFmetadata,itmay :- stronglyenhancethequeryandprocessingresults(keypointforinteroperability!)- helpmakeourconceptsanddataaccessible,understandable,unambiguous,reusable
TheArchivalWorldasaGraphofEntitiesandRelations:ASmallandSimpleExample
Lucien Febvre(Person)
Teaching history(Activity)
Fonds 591AP
(Record setof type fonds)
Letters 591AP52-55
(Record Setof type series)
Letter 1(Record)
created
performed
resulted in
has member
has member
has member
TheSameStatementsintheDiagram,ExpressedUsingRDFTriples
anf:LucienFebvre RiC-O:created anf:fonds591AP .
anf:LucienFebvre rdf:type RiC-O:Person.
anf:fonds591AP rdf:type RiC-O:RecordSet .
anf:fonds591AP RiC-O:hasMember anf:letters591AP52To55 .
anf:letters591AP52To55 rdf:type RiC-O:RecordSet .
anf:letters591AP52To55 RiC-O:hasMember anf:letter1 .
anf:letter1 rdf:type RiC-O:Record .
anf:LucienFebvre RiC-O:performed anf:teachingHistory .
anf:teachingHistory rdf:type RiC-O:Activity .
anf:teachingHistory RiC-O:resultedIn anf:Lectures591AP2to3 .
anf:Lectures591AP2to3 rdf:type RiC-O:RecordSet .
anf:fonds591AP RiC-O:hasMember anf:Lectures591AP2to3 .
BuildingRDFArchivalDataSets:TheRoleofRIC-O
TheRiContologywilldefine:
- theclassesneeded(correspondingtotheentitiesoftheconceptualmodel),suchasPerson,Record,RecordSet,Activity(plusotherclasses);
-theobjectpropertiesneeded(correspondingtotherelationsbetweenentitiesoftheconceptualmodel),suchascreated,hasMember,performs,resultedIn(andmuchmore);
- somedataproperties(tobeusedifyouwanttosaythataninstanceofaclasshassomefeatureexpressedasastringEx. :anf:letters591AP52To55hasLocalIdentifier"591AP/52-55"
- the(possiblemultiple)hierarchy(ies)existingbetweensomeclassesorsomeproperties;
- therulesthatgovernthoseclassesandproperties,andthatyoumustconformtowhenyouusethoseclassesandproperties.
Inshort,itwillbeboththevocabularyneededandthegrammarnecessarytousethevocabulary,expressedformally.
AMoreComplexGraph,WhereDataFromTwoArchivalInstitutionsAreLinked
HowWeBuildRIC-O:TheTeam
AfewEGADmembers:
- FlorenceClavaud,Archivesnationales(France)(leaderoftheteam);
- PeteJohnston,ArchivesHub(UnitedKingdom) ;
- DanielPitti,UniversityofVirginia(U.S.A.)(chairofEGAD);
- AaronRubinstein,UniversityofMassachusettsAmherst(U.S.A.);
- SalvatoreVassallo,ArchivumRomanumSocietatisJesu(Italy).
HowWeBuildRIC-O:Principlesl COMPLETENESSAdomainontology,takingintoaccountanyconcept/entityoftherealarchivalworld,sometoplevelabstractnotions,andalotofpointsofviewand« functional »needs.
l CLARITY/ACCURACY- Accuratedefinitionsoftheclasses,oftheirproperties,thedomainandrangeoftheproperties,etc.- Specialcareforgenuinearchivalconceptsandfeatures:functionsandthebusinessentities,recordset(andorderingsets),representingthehistoryofentities,provenanceandsomecurationevents...- Multilingualdocumentationintheend- Examples
l FLEXIBILITY- Allowingtouseeitherthecoreentitiesonly,orsomeverypreciselydefinedlowlevelones(e.g.Record,orRecordanditscomponents ;Set) ;thewholeontologyorapartofit- Allowingtoexpresssomerelationsverysimplyasdirectbinaryones(usingoneverbtolinktwoclasses),ortousemorecomplexpaths,sothattherelationbecomesaclassandcanbedescribed,givenadate,acertainty,etc.- Extensibility- Openness(providing'hooks'forothercommunities)
HowWeBuildRIC-O:Principles
MAPPINGS(FORABETTERINTEGRATIONOFOURDATATOLINKEDDATA)
Thearchivaldomainislinkedto(orpartof)manyotherones.Itisveryimportantthatourconcepts(classesorproperties)becomparedwith,andwhenappliable,aligned,withconceptsdefinedinotherontologies:
- ontologiesforotherdomainsofculturalheritage:- CIDOC-CRM(www.cidoc-crm.org/official_release_cidoc.html)- FRBRoo(http://www.cidoc-crm.org/frbr_inro.html)
- ontologiesfordescribingentitiesoreventssomewhatcloseorlinkedtothearchivalone:- ThePROVOntology(PROV-O)(http://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/)- TheOrganizationontology (http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-org/)- OpenArchivesInitiative-ObjectReuseandExchange(OAI-ORE)
(https://www.openarchives.org/ore/)- generic,widelyused,ontologies:
- FOAF(FriendofaFriend)(http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/)- DublinCoreMetadataInitiativeTerms(dcterms)(http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/)- LODE:AnontologyforLinkingOpenDescriptionsofEvents
(http://linkedevents.org/ontology/)
HowWeBuildRIC-O:Method
l THREEKINDSOFSIMULTANEOUS/ITERATIVEACTIONS:- investigatingon:technicalspecifications,mainconceptsofaformalontology,toolsandmethodsforbuildinganontology,designpatterns,goodpractices;- analyzingseveralexistingontologiesormodels;- iterativelycreatingtheontologyfileandmakingsometests,usingProtégéopensourcesoftware
l ALOTOFDISCUSSIONSANDCOLLECTIVEWORK:- mailinglist- specificconferencecalls- workwithotherEGADmembers
l FEEDBACKLOOP:developingandtestingtheontologywillhelpusbuildandrefinetheconceptualmodel
l USINGAPRIVATEGITREPOSITORY
OverviewoftheCurrentStatusoftheOntology(AWorkinProgress):ABranchintheClassSystem
ROADMAP
l First,developacore(maindomainentitiesandproperties)Testandrevieweverythingiteratively
l Then,improveandenrichtheontology:
- addmorepropertiesandtheclassesthatareneededinordertoexpressmorecomplexanalysisofsomesituationsandanaccuraterepresentationofthehistoryoftheentitiesinvolved,suchas:"event"and"role"classesandtheirownproperties(certainty,source,date,place....),n-aryrelationships- aligntheclassesandpropertieswiththoseofotherontologies(mappings)- addsomevocabularies(SKOSrepresentationofsomefeatures,suchassome"types" :typeofrecordsets,…)- prepareanexternaldocumentation- continuecheckingconformancetoCM
l Milestones:
- firstdraft(betaversion),andcallforcomments:bytheendof2016
- version1,with,ifpossible,ashowcase:bytheendofspring2017
AllversionswillbereleasedonGitHub:http://github.com/ICA-EGAD
Thankyou!
DraftRIC-CMavailableat:http://www.ica.org/egad-ric-conceptual-model
Commentswelcomeat:[email protected]