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An organization ontology: First draft
This is the third in our series of posts recording the (currently ongoing) process of developing an organization ontology. Here we sketch an initial design. Taking the initial requirements we now look at each part of the domain scope and identify the core classes, properties and design patterns. This sketch is designed to cover all…
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An organization ontology : Requirements
Background The data.gov.uk linked data project found itself in need on an ontology or vocabulary to support linked data publishing of government organizational information. A check for existing ontologies didn’t turn up an ideal solution so we decided to develop one. This is the first of a series of posts describing the process we went…
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An organization ontology : Survey
This is the second in our series of posts recording the (currently ongoing) process of developing an organization ontology. Here we are focused on surveying the options that already exist to confirm we haven’t missed anything. Check for existing ontologies By far the best way to define an ontology is to just find one and…