[Esip-semanticharmonization] Are people prepared for an ESIP Semantic Harmonization Cluster 2 hour group meeting in April

Kate Rose - NOAA Affiliate Kate.Rose at noaa.gov
Thu Apr 4 10:05:32 EDT 2024


Hello all-

My apologies for missing the last meeting, but I will be there on 17 April!
I will also put together a list of terms as we have discussed previously
and Gary has summarized above.

Thanks,
Kate

On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 1:28 PM Gary Berg-Cross <gbergcross at gmail.com> wrote:

> The next Semantic Harmonization meeting is  scheduled for April 17 @ 4:00
> PM - 6:00 PM EDT to again overlap with the SWEET meeting.
> A Question is whether we will have the right people to be able to discuss
> CMECS and harmonization with both SWEET and ENVO.
> To have a productive meeting we would need a course set of vocabulary
> items (Like Beach or sand  or habitat/Aquatic Setting areas like Estuarine
> System ) from CMECS  along with definitions and some idea about how they
> could align with  SWEETand ENVO.
> Having Kate and Pier available would be instrumental to a productive
> session.
> So we should know if they are available before using this session for
> CMECS harmonization...and if they have a start on a core vocabulary.
>
> Below is a small example illustrating Beach as an concept in ENVO and
> CMECS.
>
> surface landform
> <https://ontobee.org/ontology/ENVO?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001884>
> in  Envo
>
>    -
>
>    + beach
>    <https://ontobee.org/ontology/ENVO?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000091> A
>    landform consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, gravel, shingle,
>    pebbles, cobble, or even shell fragments along the shoreline of a body of
>    water.
>    -
>
>    surface landform
>    <https://ontobee.org/ontology/ENVO?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001884>
>
>
>    -
>
>    part of
>    <https://ontobee.org/ontology/ENVO?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000050>
>     some shore
>    <https://ontobee.org/ontology/ENVO?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000304>
>    -
>
>    composed primarily of
>    <https://ontobee.org/ontology/ENVO?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002473> some
>    (sediment
>    <https://ontobee.org/ontology/ENVO?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002007> and
>    (composed primarily of
>    <https://ontobee.org/ontology/ENVO?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002473> some
>    (pebble
>    <https://ontobee.org/ontology/ENVO?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002139>
>     or cobble
>    <https://ontobee.org/ontology/ENVO?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002140>
>     or sand
>    <https://ontobee.org/ontology/ENVO?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000017>
>     or gravel
>    <https://ontobee.org/ontology/ENVO?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000018>
>     or shell
>    <https://ontobee.org/ontology/ENVO?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006612>
>    )))
>
>
>    -
>
>    -
>
>       - sea beach
>       <https://ontobee.org/ontology/ENVO?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000092>
>       -
>
>       + raised beach
>       <https://ontobee.org/ontology/ENVO?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000415>
>       -
>
>       - shingle beach
>       <https://ontobee.org/ontology/ENVO?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000545>
>       -
>
>       - sandy beach
>       <https://ontobee.org/ontology/ENVO?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002199>
>       -
>
>       - lacustrine beach
>       <https://ontobee.org/ontology/ENVO?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000093> A
>       beach which is part of a lake shore.
>
>
> CMECS
>
> Beach (Levels 1 & 2) – A gently sloping zone formed by unconsolidated
> material at the shoreline, typically with a concave profile. This zone
> extends landward from the low-water line to either (a) the place where
> there is a definite change in material or physiographic form (such as a
> cliff) or (b) the line of permanent vegetation. Only those portions of the
> beach within the splash zone would be within the CMECS system; areas of the
> beach further inland are terrestrial systems.
>
>
> Sub-types - Barrier Beach, Mainland Beach, Pocket Beach, Tide-Modified
> Beach, Tide-Dominated Beach and Wave-Dominated Beach
>
>
> Gary Berg-Cross
> Potomac, MD
> 240-426-0770
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 8:10 AM Gary Berg-Cross <gbergcross at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Below is info for this Wednesday's  2 hour session.
>> We decided to try having only one meeting a month for the cluster and
>> this one will start an hour later (at 3 Eastern rather than 2)  to
>> allow Brandon to participate. since the idea is  to start harmonizing
>> CMECS with ENVO and SWEET.  By moving our Semantic Harmonization meeting
>> to the 3rd week of March we will overlap with the SWEET meeting which takes
>> place at 4 eastern time.
>>  Kate should have some ideas on core items from CMECS  to consider.
>> Here is some context from last month's meeting:
>>
>> Brandon was able to attend the Feb. meeting and we looked at his
>> spreadsheet mapping some  CMECS  terms to SWEET.
>>
>> SWEET -> CMECS matches - Google Sheets
>> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r34bzoIv8U3Zu5TMWHBaX8SSMx-u64pKRali-p279Pk/edit#gid=0>
>>
>>
>> Some of the conversation about this is in the text below
>>
>> We also talked about the simple problems with alignment to SWEET, which
>> lacks enough of the concepts that ENVO has.
>>
>>  And so we looked there too to see some placements and recognized that
>> there would be quite a bit of development in ENVO based on CMECS under the
>> habitat concept.
>>
>> We hope that , *Pier might take a look at this and help us develop a way
>> forward* aligning  CMECS   on the one hand to SWEET and also to the more
>> difficult concepts in ENVO
>>
>>  Brandon  may have  developed more spreadsheets for this meeting and Kate
>> will be looking at her terminologies.
>>
>> A question was whether Pier would be able to attend this meeting to
>> facilitate moving forward on the mapping of  CMECS.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Meeting ID853 4485 3594
>>>  Invite Link
>>> https://esipfed-org.zoom.us/j/85344853594?pwd=cENuRUY1QW4wTDk2Z212K3cxSUVUQT09
>>>
>>> https://esipfed-org.zoom.us/j/85344853594?pwd=cENuRUY1QW4wTDk2Z212K3cxSUVUQT09
>>>
>>> Gary Berg-Cross
>>> Potomac, MD
>>> 240-426-0770
>>>
>>>
>>>>>
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