Evaluation results


There are three levels of importance in pitfalls according to their impact on the ontology:
  • Critical It is crucial to correct the pitfall. Otherwise, it could affect the ontology consistency, reasoning, applicability, etc.
  • Important Though not critical for ontology function, it is important to correct this type of pitfall.
  • Minor It is not really a problem, but by correcting it we will make the ontology nicer.

Pitfalls detected:


A class whose name refers to two or more different concepts is created.

• This pitfall appears in the following elements:
http://erlangen-crm.org/current/E29_Design_or_Procedure

This pitfall consists in creating an ontology element and failing to provide human readable annotations attached to it. Consequently, ontology elements lack annotation properties that label them (e.g. rdfs:label, lemon:LexicalEntry, skos:prefLabel or skos:altLabel) or that define them (e.g. rdfs:comment or dc:description). This pitfall is related to the guidelines provided in [5].

• The following elements have neither rdfs:comment or skos:definition defined:
http://erlangen-crm.org/current/E33_E41_Linguistic_Appellation
http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P82b_end_of_the_end
http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P90a_has_lower_value_limit
http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P81b_begin_of_the_end
http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P90b_has_upper_value_limit
http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P82a_begin_of_the_begin
http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P81a_end_of_the_begin

An ontology element (a class, an object property or a datatype property) is used in its own definition. Some examples of this would be: (a) the definition of a class as the enumeration of several classes including itself; (b) the appearance of a class within its owl:equivalentClass or rdfs:subClassOf axioms; (c) the appearance of an object property in its rdfs:domain or range rdfs:range definitions; or (d) the appearance of a datatype property in its rdfs:domain definition.

• This pitfall appears in the following elements:
http://erlangen-crm.org/current/E90_Symbolic_Object
http://erlangen-crm.org/current/E89_Propositional_Object

Suggestions or warnings:


The domain and range axioms are equal for each of the following object properties. Could they be symmetric or transitive?
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P69i_is_associated_with
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P175_starts_before_or_with_the_start_of
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P150_defines_typical_parts_of
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P134_continued
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P189i_is_approximated_by
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P184i_ends_with_or_after_the_end_of
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P182i_starts_after_or_with_the_end_of
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P69_has_association_with
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P182_ends_before_or_with_the_start_of
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P139_has_alternative_form
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P189_approximates
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P73i_is_translation_of
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P175i_starts_after_or_with_the_start_of
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P130_shows_features_of
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P174i_ends_after_the_start_of
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P173_starts_before_or_with_the_end_of
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P152i_is_parent_of
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P134i_was_continued_by
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P139i_is_alternative_form_of
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P150i_defines_typical_wholes_for
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P73_has_translation
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P174_starts_before_the_end_of
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P130i_features_are_also_found_on
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P173i_ends_after_or_with_the_start_of
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P184_ends_before_or_with_the_end_of
| http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P152_has_parent


According to the highest importance level of pitfall found in your ontology the conformace bagde suggested is "Important pitfalls" (see below). You can use the following HTML code to insert the badge within your ontology documentation:




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“Linked Data - Design issues”. http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html

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Is your linked data vocabulary 5-star?. http://bvatant.blogspot.fr/2012/02/is-your-linked-data-vocabulary-5-star_9588.html


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How to cite OOPS!


Poveda-Villalón, María, Asunción Gómez-Pérez, and Mari Carmen Suárez-Figueroa. "OOPS!(Ontology Pitfall Scanner!): An on-line tool for ontology evaluation." International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (IJSWIS) 10.2 (2014): 7-34.

BibTex:


@article{poveda2014oops,
title={{OOPS! (OntOlogy Pitfall Scanner!): An On-line Tool for Ontology Evaluation}},
author={Poveda-Villal{\'o}n, Mar{\'i}a and G{\'o}mez-P{\'e}rez, Asunci{\'o}n and Su{\'a}rez-Figueroa, Mari Carmen},
journal={International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (IJSWIS)},
volume={10},
number={2},
pages={7--34},
year={2014},
publisher={IGI Global}
}



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