oeGOV Release 1.0

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