Casey, I have some suggestions:
1) Everyone should read at least the first chapters of the Allemang
book, Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist:
http://www.worldcat.org/title/semantic-web-for-the-working-ontologist-effective-modeling-in-rdfs-and-owl/oclc/73393667
2) Everyone should understand the RDF meaning of classes, properties,
domain and range before beginning. (cf:
http://kcoyle.blogspot.com/2014/11/classes-in-rdf.html)
3) Don't lean too heavily on Protege. Protege is very OWL-oriented and
can lead one far astray. It's easy to click on check boxes without
knowing what they really mean. Do as much development as you can without
using Protege, and do your development in RDFS not OWL. Later you can
use Protege to check your work, or to complete the code.
4) Develop in ntriples or turtle but NOT rdf/xml. RDF differs from XML
in some fundamental ways that are not obvious, and developing in rdf/xml
masks these differences and often leads to the development of not very
good ontologies.
kc
On 1/5/15 9:35 AM, Casey Davis wrote:
Hi Code4Libbers,
In case you are interested in attending or staying in the know about the PBCore RDF
ontology hackathon happening on February 7 & 8 before Code4Lib, check out the
Wiki page: http://wiki.code4lib.org/PBCore_RDF_Hackathon. This is also where we
will provide links to all documentation created during the hackathon. In case you
are unable to join us, we will be using the hashtag #PBCoreRDF15 on the days of the
event.
Best,
Casey
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