FAIRsharing / subject-ontology

A project supporting the SRAO application ontology, a hierarchy of academic disciplines that imports subsets of terms from 7 publicly-available ontologies.
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Construction Engineering and Architecture: Hierarchy modifications #2

Closed allysonlister closed 6 years ago

allysonlister commented 6 years ago

As things stand, this hierarchy (which comes directly from re3data) is complicated and hard to understand. There are many compound classes (i.e. which include a list or "and"). A user who wishes to simply add "Architecture" has to choose from two very odd classes, and there is no "Civil Engineering" option. Civil Engineering needs to be added to SRAO as part of #1 and therefore this is an opportune time to clear up the existing hierarchy.

Please can @Drosophilic look over the suggested changes.

Current Hierarchy:

Engineering Science ++Construction Engineering and Architecture ++++Applied Mechanics, Statics and Dynamics ++++Architecture, Building and Construction History, Sustainable Building Technology, Building Design ++++Construction Material Sciences, Chemistry, Building Physics ++++Geotechnics, Hydraulic Engineering ++++Structural Engineering, Building Informatics, Construction Operation ++++Urbanism, Spatial Planning, Transportation and Infrastructure Planning, Landscape Planning

Proposed Hierarchy:

Engineering Science ++Civil Engineering ++++Construction Engineering ++++++Construction Material Sciences: recommend replace with existing class Materials Science, see below. ++++++Building Physics ++++++Geotechnics ++++++Hydraulic Engineering ++++++Structural Engineering ++++++Building Informatics ++++++Construction Operation: recommend removal, see below. ++++++Urban Planning ++++++Transportation Planning ++++++Landscape Planning ++++Architecture (split existing class): Use existing definition by PAM ++++++Construction History ++++++Sustainable Building Technology ++++++Building Design

Definitions and IRIs of above classes:

Drosophilic commented 6 years ago

All look good. "Materials Science" - perhaps under construction engineering makes more sense than civil engineering.

allysonlister commented 6 years ago

Great, thanks!