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A simple data model to represent contributions made by agents to research artifacts
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Name for the Contribution Data Model #11

Open mbrush opened 5 years ago

mbrush commented 5 years ago

In the documentation so far I used CDM (Contribution Data Model) is a place holder. But this is pretty generic. What do we want as a formal name (and acronym) for this work?

mbrush commented 5 years ago

@mellybelly @kristiholmes any thoughts here. Would like to settle this soon.

mellybelly commented 5 years ago

Hmmm CDM means other things in other contexts, especially in the CTSA community (clinical data management). How about Contribution Association Model CAM? I like the word association. There are plenty of CAMs but no clinical ones that i can see at first glance: https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/CAM

kristiholmes commented 5 years ago

CAM is often used on campuses with a "Center for Advanced Medicine". I know of a several instances. Perhaps we can just use CM?

mbrush commented 5 years ago

Interesting - you guys are moving more generic, when I thought you would want something more specific. But perhaps this makes sense if we don’t want to limit the application of the model. I am happy to go with what you guys decide, but will share thoughts on a few suggestions below.

  1. Contribution Model (CM): Simple, but perhaps too much so? Again, I assumed we would want to be a little more descriptive or specific with the name. But perhaps its good not to do this so we don’t limit its application in different areas. As for 'CM' - see here . . . but this will likely be the case for any acronym we choose.

  2. Contributor Attribution Model (CAM) - I like that this works in 'attribution' - as a contribution becomes 'attributed' once it is recorded (i.e. with our model). But the 'A' could stand for 'association' instead', per Melissa's suggestion (I just don’t think of these as 'associations' - but that’s because I associate this term with G2P/G2D data). As a side benefit, this acronym would give a cool name for the ontology that will support the data model (CAMO)!

  3. Research Contribution Model / Researcher Contribution Model (RCM) - perhaps too constraining if we explicitly tie to 'research'? We do intent to apply this in research settings, but maybe not exclusively?

  4. Contribution Modeling Framework (CMF) - considers the whole package we will deliver (models, ontologies, schema, tools, guidance/conventions) as a framework.

Thoughts? Perhaps there is some other combination of the words above that is jumping out at you?

diatomsRcool commented 5 years ago

Scholar Contribution Model?

kristiholmes commented 5 years ago

hi @mbrush - I really like CAM with the "A" for attribution. (and maybe a "P" for Project at the end??) Love the CAMO for the ontology...

mellybelly commented 5 years ago

I like CAM, even though it obviously conflicts with other things. I like Contributor Attribution Model (CAM) and love CAMO; prefer use of model rather than framework, and prefer three letters.