credential.owl

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This module will represent a very general model for "credentials" that could be 
imported and extended as needed. The OWL file is credentials.owl under the 
modules directory in SVN.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by sha...@essaid.com on 24 Sep 2012 at 4:48

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Original comment by sha...@essaid.com on 24 Sep 2012 at 8:47

• Changed title: credential.owl
• Added labels: Type-Module
• Removed labels: log, documentation, module

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The VIVO class http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Credential is used as to level 
class for credential and it a GDC.

Original comment by sha...@essaid.com on 4 Oct 2012 at 10:12

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The object property http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#hasGoverningAuthority and 
its inverse http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#governingAuthorityFor are added. 
The asserted range/domain were Organization but they are changed to Agent to 
less constrained.

http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Agent was added but not asserted to be a material 
entity as it was in VIVO. I think an Agent is an abstract entity and it should 
not be a material one. We need to clarify what Agent is TODO.  Agent used as 
range/domain as described above.

Original comment by sha...@essaid.com on 4 Oct 2012 at 10:19

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There is an axiom "has subject area only Thing" in VIVO. Not sure if this is 
needed if we subtype "Credential" so that there is a subtype for each type of 
credential. This should address the "subject area" qualification. 

Property http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#hasSubjectArea and its inverse not 
added to the credential module. Review TODO.

Original comment by sha...@essaid.com on 4 Oct 2012 at 10:23

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VIVO uses a "valid in" object property as a way for specifying a valid 3 
dimensional "Geographic Location" location for the credential. It is too 
restrictive to state that a credential is can only be valid in such a location. 

A more flexible approach is to assert that a credential has one or more 
contexts and the base context is "Thing". This can allow a user to specify a 
temporal region as a context to indicate the temporal effectiveness or validity 
of a credential. It can also allow the assertion of a 3-d location if needed, 
an abstract entity (such as an organization) regardless of where the abstract 
entity is materialized (regardless of which buildings and 3-d locations the 
organization is existing in at any specific time), etc.

Added a "has context" http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ARG_0001000 and its 
inverse "is context for" http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ARG_0001001 for this 
use-case without specifying domain and range. Review TODO.

Original comment by sha...@essaid.com on 4 Oct 2012 at 10:30

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The "Issued credential" VIVO class, a SDC, is not used in the new model. 
However, it has few properties that might be needed:

date issued (TODO if can't be handled with a temporal context)
expiration date (TODO as above)
has subject area
valid in
description (TODO how is this used?)

Original comment by sha...@essaid.com on 4 Oct 2012 at 11:00

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The object property http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#hasCredential and its 
inverse http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#credentialOf were used to an "Issued 
credential" and a "Person".  I think it should relate the more general "Agent" 
class but even that is too restrictive.  VIVO has a "Certificate" class as a 
subclass of "credential" and there are certificates that are not assigned to 
"Agent". The elevator maintenance certificate is issued by an Agent but it is 
not held by a Person or Agent.

Added the object properties without domain and rage. These properties could 
probably be generalized to something like holds/held_by, owns/is_owned_by so 
that the meaning of of belonging to/having is not mixed with the type of things 
being related. TODO.

Original comment by sha...@essaid.com on 4 Oct 2012 at 11:10

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The object property http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#hasCredential labeled 
"issuance of", and its inverse 
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#issuedCredential, are not needed with the new 
model. They were used to relate an instance of "Issued Credential" to the type 
of "Credential".

Original comment by sha...@essaid.com on 4 Oct 2012 at 11:12

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The object property http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#eligibleFor was added with 
the range "Credential" as it was in VIVO.

Original comment by sha...@essaid.com on 4 Oct 2012 at 11:13

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The data property http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#description should probably 
be added to a more general module. Not added to the credential module.

Original comment by sha...@essaid.com on 4 Oct 2012 at 11:15

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Added subtypes http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Certification and 
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Licensure.

Original comment by sha...@essaid.com on 4 Oct 2012 at 11:16

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Original comment by sha...@essaid.com on 5 Oct 2012 at 6:38

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Removed the subclass axiom to GDC. Will add the BFO mappings later.

Original comment by sha...@essaid.com on 8 Oct 2012 at 9:47

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Added OP:
  http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#expirationDate
  http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#dateIssued
and Class:
  http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#DateTimeValue
from the time module as referenced entities. Did not bring in any axioms (the 
OP have subOP axioms).

Original comment by sha...@essaid.com on 8 Oct 2012 at 10:13

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Added the DP:
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#description
from the general module.

Original comment by sha...@essaid.com on 8 Oct 2012 at 10:14

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DRAFT: revision 190:
http://connect-isf.googlecode.com/svn-history/r190/trunk/src/ontology/module/cre
dential/credential.owl

Original comment by sha...@essaid.com on 8 Oct 2012 at 10:29

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Added OP:
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#validIn
which brings in:
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#GeographicLocation 
as its range.

Original comment by sha...@essaid.com on 9 Oct 2012 at 5:01