{Break-out group name} Report

Report from {Break-out group name} in OOS Semantic Interoperability Workshop

Note: This template can be used to complete a brief report about your breakout activities during the OOS Interoperability Workshop in Boulder, CO. It is just guidance, so please feel free to adjust as you see fit. (Then delete this introduction!) Also, please change the xxxx in the short name above to an abbreviation of your group name (for example, for the Q2O break-out, the complete short name could be "oossi08q2o").  Thanks!

Goals

The main goals of the breakout group: What did you want to achieve during this workshop? After the workshop?

Preparation and logistics

Was the process to be initiated clear to your group? Did you create subgroups to work on specific aspects? -  Your evaluation of the support and advice received from the facilitators and technical team.

Process

Before starting the process: Any existing vocabularies you wanted to use? Any prior experience with mapping terms across vocabularies? At the end of the process: How do you describe your experience? What's your evaluation?

Vocabulary Creation

Did your group create a vocabulary from scratch and/or convert an existing vocabulary using Voc2RDF? - The process of submitting the vocabulary to the MMI Registry and Repository - Some metrics:

Number of vocabularies registered nn
Number of versions submitted nn
Total number of terms in final versions nn

Term Mappings

Initial expectations - Using VINE - Main challenges in creating the mappings - Types of relationships used (eg., exactMatch, closeMatch) - Any missing relationships in VINE that should be included and why? - Some metrics:

Number of mappings created nn
Estimated number of mappings needed for your application nn


Conclusions

Lessons learned and tips for others

Suggestions to improve future workshops

Summary assessment (of value for your team)