The scope of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Identity Ontology (STEMIO) is specific to terminological content relevant to the STEM identity constructs, metrics, and analytics.
STEM identity may be described as the ways in which individuals fit within STEM fields, and in particular, how individuals make meaning of scientific experiences and how society structures possile meanings for those experiences. STEM identity plays a powerful role in an individual's success or failure, in academic and career environments.
STEMIO is an open-source ontology designed to describe the domain of STEM Identity research, including a variety of stakeholder perspectives, as well as cross-discipline constructs.
STEMIO adopts the upper-level ontology architecture of Basic Formal Ontology (BFO), as well as the more domain-specific Mental Functioning Ontology. STEMIO is designed to extend these ontologies to the domain of STEM Identity research, in accordance with Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology (OBO) Foundry standards. Where needed, STEMIO adopts design patterns and terms from the Common Core Ontologies (CCO), which also extend (BFO).
Once further developed, STEMIO will be submitted for admission to the OBO Foundry library. STEMIO will moroever, be made available on commonly used ontology repositories such as Ontobee, Bioportal, and OLS.
STEMIO was initiated and co-developed by:
John Beverley, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University at Buffalo
Ying Sun, Associate Professor, Department of Information Science, University at Buffalo
Xiufeng Liu, Professor, Department of Learning & Instruction, University at Buffalo
Everyone who would like to contribute to the STEMIO development is welcome to join our development team. Thanks.
Web Deposition: Ontobee: TBD BioPortal: TBD OLS: TBD AberOWL: TBD