LOF-P-018: Attribution

Draft for ratification

Part of the founding draft of the LOF principles.

Summary

Contributors to the ontology are credited, and it can be cited.

Purpose

Ontology development is scholarly work. Credit sustains contributions, and citability lets that work count in the academic and professional record.

Recommendations and requirements

1. The ontology header lists creators with dcterms:creator and contributors with dcterms:contributor, using ORCID IRIs where available.
2. Term-level contributions may be recorded with dcterms:contributor on the term.
3. The README gives a preferred citation.

Implementation

Add ORCID IRIs to the header when onboarding each new contributor.

Examples

Annotation(dcterms:creator <https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000>)

Criteria for review

Creators are listed, and a citation is given.

Automated check: None. Manual review.

Feedback and discussion

Propose changes to this principle by pull request against docs/principles/lof-p-018-attribution.md, or open a thread in Discussions.

Discussion