[ICA-EGAD-RiC] RiC-O use of existing related ontologies [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Machin, John]

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Hello,

I have a question about the development of the Records in Context ontology (RiC-O), I hope this is an acceptable medium for such questions.

To what extent, if any, are existing ontologies with possible relevance to this topic being used in the preparation of the RiC-O?
I ask because while it is good citizenship to reuse existing ontologies it can also present issues if it causes the new ontology to be a Frankenstein's monster of catachresis if the existing ontologies patterns and elements don't tessellate well.

I'm interested particularly in the use/non-use of the W3C's Provenance Ontology (PROV-O) and the ontology representation of PREMIS 2.2.
Any choice of upper/abstract ontology would also be very interesting.

Regards,

John Machin | Information Architect - Records Interoperability Framework
Efficiency, Assurance and Digital Government
Government Business Transformation | Governance & APS Transformation
Department of Finance
T: 02 6215 1929 | M: 0424 531 001
E: john.machin at finance.gov.au
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