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Principles - Overview#

OEO Foundry follows a shared set of principles to ensure that ontologies are logically well-formed, scientifically accurate, and interoperable. Our commitment to FAIR and open science drives the development of reusable knowledge structures for the energy domain.

  • 1. Open - The ontology must be freely accessible and usable by all under a suitable open license.
  • 2. Common Format - The ontology is made available in a common formal language in an accepted concrete syntax.
  • 3. Upper Ontology Structure - The ontology must be built upon the Basic Formal Ontology (BFO).
  • 4. Identifier Space - The ontology must have a unique name, a distinct prefix, and a permanent identifier.
  • 5. Versioning - The ontology is under version control and all versions are released and stored.
  • 6. Scope - The ontology must have a clearly specified scope and content that adheres to that scope.
  • 7. Naming Conventions - The names (primary labels for elements) (classes, properties, etc.) in an ontology must be intelligible to scientists and amenable to natural language processing. Primary labels should be unique among OEO Library ontologies.
  • 8. Textual Definitions - The ontology has textual definitions for the majority of its classes and for top level terms in particular.
  • 9. Documentation - The owners of the ontology should strive to provide as much documentation as possible.
  • 10. Commitment To Collaboration - OEO Foundry ontology development, in common with many other standards-oriented scientific activities, should be carried out in a collaborative fashion.

Discussion#

The definitions and details of the principles are currently being discussed in the GitHub Discussions of the OEO Foundry.
We welcome your feedback and contributions.