Today we published an initial set of Ontologies for oeGOV. These ontologies are catalogued on the Ontologies Page.

Release 1.0

1. Government Core Ontology (gc)
2. Democracy Ontology (initial version – oegov) – includes constructs for associating published data with government bodies
3. Organizational Structure of Government Bodies
4. Government Acts – what acts led to what changes in Government Structure
5. Linked Data Maps – who has published what and in what format
6. Initial Ontologies for Branches of Government – named graphs for civil agencies

Next Release

During the month of August, we will release:

1. FEA Ontologies
2. QUDT Ontologies – Quantities, Units, Dimensions and Data Types
3. More documentation using annotations in the ontologies
4. Re-factoring of some statements in usgov-bodies to more specific datasets

Forward Work

1. More organization of the website to support participation in the development of the ontologies
2. U.S. Constitution Ontology
3. Government Acts – data on what acts led to what changes in Government Structure
4. Linked Data Maps – data on who has published what and in what format
5. FEA Correlations – connections to PRM, BRM, SRM, TRM and DRM
6. Linked Data Enhancements – relating data through QUDT