Dr. Melissa Haendel from Oregon Health and Science University chairs the VIVO-ISF Ontology Working Group and represents the working group on the DuraSpace VIVO Project's Management Team. Brian Lowe from Cornell serves as co-chair, facilitating calls and participating in management team meetings when Melissa is not available.
Please sign up here if you wish to be included in the Working Group roster of members. Anyone may participate in the biweekly calls, including more than one person from an organization, regardless of whether the organization has become a sponsor of the VIVO Project.
Please join the VIVO-ISF ontology listserv if you have not already done so.
name | organization | title |
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Melissa Haendel | Oregon Health & Science University Library | Lead Ontologist, OHSU Library Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology |
Brian Lowe | Cornell University Library | Semantic Applications Programmer |
Jon Corson-Rikert | Cornell University Library | VIVO Development Lead |
Violeta Ilik | Texas A&M Library | Assistant Professor, Metadata Cataloging Librarian |
Dagobert Soergel | University at Buffalo, Dept. of Library and Information Studies | Professor |
Jing Wang | Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries | Systems Integration Engineer |
Daniela Bourges-Waldegg | Harvard Medical School | Lead Architect, Harvard Catalyst |
Stephen Williams | University of Colorado Boulder, Faculty Affairs | FIS Developer |
Steven McCauley | Brown University | Semantic Web Programmer |
Kristi Holmes | Washington University, VIVO | Bioinformaticist |
Alexandre Rademaker | IBM Research and FGV/Brazil | Researcher and Professor |
With release 1.6, VIVO will be adopting a larger ontology derived from both the VIVO and eagle-i ontologies and addressing broader needs in research representation including research resources and clinical expertise. The ontology will be promoted going forward as the Integrated Semantic Framework or ISF, but will continue to be managed by members of the VIVO community together with participants in the CTSAconnect project representing eagle-i and the biomedical research community more generally, as well as other individuals and groups who wish to become involved.
Ideas for activities of the VIVO-ISF Ontology Working Group include:
Your thoughts are very much appreciated, and feel free to add comments on this page.