[Seavox] Devices Controlled Vocabulary

[Luis Bermudez]

Hi Roy,

I want to suggest a more collaborative efficient way to proceed. I am  
very interested in participating, and I know of other folks that will  
want to join this effort. I propose that we start a spreadsheet in  
GoogleDocs (http://docs.google.com/). This spreadsheet will be a  
matrix, where we write the labels and definition and we can check  
category types that we think are important to consider for each  
sensor. After that you can a script that gets the Excel file and  
populates the values to your database also I could generate an RDF  
ontology assigning appropriate URIs. Let me know what you think.

Advantages:
- All revisions are kept in GoogleDocs
- The document will be always updated

Disadvantages:
- Need a google account
- Need Firefox or Internet Explorer

I could start a document and add sharing permissions to anybody that  
want's to participate. Interim result could be made available to this  
list.

Cheers,

-Luis


On Aug 23, 2007, at 5:10 AM, Roy Lowry wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> It's been a while since there was activity on the list, so now the  
> holiday season is drawing to a close I thought it time to stir  
> things up again.  Basically, I need to build a 'devices' Controlled  
> Vocabulary for SeaDataNet.  However, I thought that I would share  
> what I'm doing with SeaVoX so we end up with something useful  
> outside SeaDataNet, preferably something that would provide both a  
> basis for SensorML record population and the foundation for a  
> "Devices" ontology.
>
> My plan is to start building a set of lists, namely:
>
> Device types (L211) - high level category - initially sample  
> collectors/processors/analysers and sensors
> Device disciplines (L212) - high level category - physicas,  
> chemistry, biology, geology etc.
>
> Sample collectors (L061) - nets, corers, water bottles etc.
> Sample processors (L062) - incubators, filtration systems, etc.
> Sample analysers (L063) - laboratory instruments of varying kinds
> Sensors (L064) - in-situ measurement takers
>
> and the build SKOS mapping relationships between the first two  
> lists and the four lower lists (each representing a 'device type') .
>
>
> My initial questions to SeaVox list readers is:
>
> Are there any more device types that should be considered other  
> than the four I've got?
>
> Should I put an explicit hierarchy level (generic e.g. water bottle/ 
> specific e.g. 10-litre Go-Flo bottle) in each of the category lists  
> or depend upon putting relationships between list members?
>
> Is there anything else I should be doing?
>
> Once I've got the framework firmed up I'll be asking for your  
> favourite 'instrument lists' to populate the vocabs.
>
> Cheers, Roy.
>
>
>
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