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J5. definition of "Scenario" #25

Closed congruili closed 9 years ago

congruili commented 9 years ago

Revisit definition for http://data.globalchange.gov/gcis.owl#d4e2042 to ensure continued accuracy. This URL points to "Scenario" in the GCIS Ontology.

justgo129 commented 9 years ago

I think this will be of assistance: http://scenarios.globalchange.gov/content/scenarios

But I'd be hesitant to link anything directly to the NCA3 to minimize later improvements to the ontology.

zednis commented 9 years ago

Looking at the ontology I noticed a typo in gcis:describesScenario. Proposing fix with #26

zednis commented 9 years ago

1) Should we change the name of gcis:isDescribedIn to be less general? It is specific to scenarios and reports which would not be clear from the name/URI or label.

2) Should gcis:describesScenario and gcis:isDescribedIn be inverse properties?

zednis commented 9 years ago

@justgo129 has mentioned in #26 that the domain and ranges of the properties should probably be re-evaluated. I agree with him on this.

justgo129 commented 9 years ago

I'm fine having gcis:describesScenario gcis:isDescribedIn be inverse properties.

justgo129 commented 9 years ago

fyi I just fixed another xsd:Scenario. https://github.com/USGCRP/gcis-ontology/pull/27 https://github.com/USGCRP/gcis/pull/180

zednis commented 9 years ago

Current definition of gcis:Scenario class.

gcis:Scenario a owl:Class ;
    rdfs:label "Scenario" ;
    rdfs:comment "A coherent description of a potential future situation that serves as input to more detailed analyses or modeling. Scenarios are tools that explore, 'if�, then�.' statements, and are not predictions of or prescriptions for the future." ;

@justgo129 @rewolfe are there any outstanding questions regarding the accuracy of this definition? Have any comments/concerns been raised?

justgo129 commented 9 years ago

I can check on this.

justgo129 commented 9 years ago

Also, @zednis could you please clarify the meaning behind the special characters in the defn? Thanks.

justgo129 commented 9 years ago

To follow up, I've been informed that either (1) this definition, that at (2) http://scenarios.globalchange.gov/content/scenarios, or that at (3) http://www.globalchange.gov/climate-change/glossary would be acceptable for use in our ontology. As such, I propose going with (3) since it appears in the official glossary on globalchange.gov.

justgo129 commented 9 years ago

Seeing no objections, let's go with (3). Pull request forthcoming.

justgo129 commented 9 years ago

Closed via: https://github.com/USGCRP/gcis-ontology/pull/87

Closing https://github.com/USGCRP/gcis-ontology/issues/25.