2021-07-27 Meeting notes

Date

27 Jul 2021

1) Use Case reminder

2) Where we are on our road map.

3) Open Action Items

5) Todays content discussion.

6) For next week.

Today we discussed commodities, and the need for a units ontology to support the work. There are a number of units ontologies that people use for various purposes. We are considering (1) QUDV - the SysML model of units that we used as the basis for the minimal set of units currently in FIBO - see https://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/ssn/ssnx/qu/qu, (2) QUDT - available at https://www.qudt.org/, (3) the NASA SWEET ontologies that are widely used in healthcare - https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/SWEET, and potentially others. There are several papers that provide discussion and comparison of the work - http://www.semantic-web-journal.net/system/files/swj1708.pdf, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317122869_A_Survey_on_Units_Ontologies_Architecture_Comparison_and_Reuse, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128097649000020 which are under review.

As a reference for commodities for export, see https://www.census.gov/newsroom/blogs/global-reach/2014/05/unit-of-measure.html. The main concern is relative value based on the quantity involved. Use of a standard that is used for export might not be sufficient, but is relevant. The Census Bureau list for international units is available there. For the CBOE, see the results of this search: https://www.cboe.com/search/?q=measurement%20units%20for%20commodities