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Tasks/References for Exemplary Ontologies

Title: References for Exemplary Tasks

Description: Currently, there is no good way for users to enter references with links and information about them. This is really a big deal, references are very important for this catalogue to be useful. Needs to have a solution that allows entering text as well as a link and to have them in a nice table. May also want a longer text description than a link name. May want a reference type too.

25-02-2010 EnricoDaga says:

We can give the possibility to add references in the following way:

1. Category:WebReference
   • Property:ReferenceLabel
   • Property:ReferenceType (enumeration?)
     • Project web site
     • OWL/RDF ontology
     • Others?
   • Property:ReferenceDescription
2. Then, we can give the possiblity to add references to:
   • Patterns
   • Exemplary ontologies
   • Modeling issues
   • Domains

26-02-2010 EnricoDaga says:

The workflow ca be:

• from any page a button/link is provided 'add a reference'
• the form for a web reference is presented (the previous page is automatically setup as subject of the reference)
• the user enter data and creates the reference
• all references are automatically listed at the bottom of the page

26-02-2010 MichaelUschold says:

This is close to what we want. I propose the following changes:

1. There should not be a distinction between a WebReference and Other reference. Instead
   1. just have one kind of reference
   2. have an optional URL field in the case of it being a web reference.
   3. in the case of a non-web reference, everything that is needed will be in the ReferenceDescription (e.g. a reference for a paper in a conference proceedings). Often papers have URLs too the .pdf.
2. Having OWL/RDF Ontology as a type of reference will be redundant for patterns and exemplary ontologies, and modeling issues where there already are properties for this (e.g. OWLImplemntation and OntologyURI). I'm not sure we need a type for ontology at all.
3. The types of references will therefore include:
   1. Project Home Page (instead of Project Web Site - small difference)
   2. Documentation
   3. Wiki
   4. Discussion Forum (e.g. a link to a discussion thread)
   5. Personal Communication (this may not be necessary, may not get much use)
   6. Other
4. Have a "Add Another Reference Type" button, in case there is a commonly occurring option missed.