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Table 4 MIRO items ordered by compliance (COM), including the rating (RAT) from the ontology survey”

From: MIRO: guidelines for minimum information for the reporting of an ontology

MIRO item

RAT

COM

CRF

SRD: Scope and coverage

4.15

100.00

MH

Content: KR language

4.11

100.00

MH

Motivation: Target audience

3.94

100.00

MH

Motivation: Need

3.85

100.00

MH

Content: Axiom patterns

3.80

100.00

MH

Basics: Ontology URL

4.72

93.33

MH

Content: Ontology relationships

4.13

93.33

MH

SRD: Development community

3.77

93.33

MH

Basics: Ontology name

4.71

90.00

MH

QA: Examples of usage

4.19

86.67

MH

Content: Incorporation of other ontologies

4.09

86.67

MH

Motivation: Competition

3.96

80.00

MH

KA: Knowledge acqu. methodology

3.93

80.00

MH

Content: Ontology metrics

3.42

80.00

SH

Content: Development environment

2.88

73.33

OM

QA: Evaluation

3.99

66.67

MM

Content: Upper ontology

3.88

66.67

MM

KA: Content selection

3.38

66.67

SM

Basics: Ontology owner

4.53

53.33

MM

Basics: Ontology repository

4.01

53.33

MM

SRD: Communication

3.80

40.00

ML

Content: Entity metadata policy

3.89

33.33

ML

Basics: Ontology license

4.50

26.67

ML

QA: Testing

3.87

26.67

ML

Content: Entity naming conventions

3.74

26.67

ML

KA: Source knowledge location

3.36

26.67

SL

Content: Identifier generation policy

3.86

6.67

MV

Change: Versioning policy

3.80

6.67

MV

Change: Sustainability plan

3.89

0.00

MV

Change: Entity deprecation strategy

3.83

0.00

MV

  1. The compliance-rating factor (CRF) is described in “Compliance of existing papers with MIRO guidelines” section