Reviews:BenedictoRodriguezCastro about Template Instance

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BenedictoRodriguezCastro about Template Instance (Revision ID: Instance?oldid=11158 11158)

Overall suggestion (score): 0 - needs major revision

Review Summary: This pattern describes how to reify a reoccurring set of instances in a given ontology model. The pattern allows to minimize the number of times that the reoccurring instances need to be instantiated in the ontology model by creating the notion of an "instance template".

Reviewer Confidence: High. The pattern is given only in abstract terms. It is applicable to any domain. Domain-specific knowledge is not needed.

Problems: The description of the pattern in abstract terms appears as a very insteresting optimization to avoid the unnecessary repetition of a set of instances that occur multiple times in the ontology model. In that sense, it is a very useful and practical modelling idiom.

On the other hand, there are some aspects that hinders the applicability and understandability of the pattern, such as: (a) lack of a concrete example of the pattern supported by a corresponding graphical representation (b) the reusable building block in OWL provided contains only the annotation property mentioned in the pattern (c) the examples OWL files also refer to the implementation of the pattern in abstract terms (d) the known uses provided simply point to the landing website of two medical classifications but it is not clear how the pattern is actually used by these classification resources.

Therefore, because of the reasons above, I would recommend to provide a major revision of the pattern to address them.

Community Relevance: Upfront, the modelling scenario addressed comes accross as very likely to occur and therefore the pattern can be very relevant to the community.

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