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Here is where we will come to a consensus on the initial terms that will be included in CogPO. We will start by defining the terms associated with the BrainMap Taxonomy. Also taken from BrainMap are entries that correspond to Paradigm Class and Behavioral Domain.

In creating an ontology of cognitive paradigms we aim to decompose each condition into:

• Stimulus Modality
• Stimulus Type
• Response Modality
• Response Type
• Instructions

For more information, please see the Aims of the CogPO Project. The initial representation of the domain is as follows, though it will be modified as we flesh this out:

CogPO Policies

1. Defining a concept in CogPO

In keeping with best practices from NeuroLex, the Neural ElectroMagnetic Ontology (NEMO), and others, concepts in CogPO must have the following annotation properties defined:

• COGPO_annotation_properties:definition – A natural language definition that adheres to Aristotelian constraints. Equivalent to core:definition.
• COGPO_annotation_properties:preferredlabel -- An underscore-delimited, human-readable label for a concept. Equivalent to rdfs:label and core:prefLabel.
• COGPO_annotation_properties:hasURI -- This property defines the CogPO URI for a concept. The URI is a non-human-readable label that also provides a stable web address for accessing the concept. For an imported term, the URI should be the source ontology URI (if possible?). MIREOT recommends that the source term URI be included specifically.
• COGPO_annotation_properties:createdDate -- [YYYY-MM-DD] The date when the current concept was created. Equivalent to the same term in NeuroLex.
• COGPO_annotation_properties:curator -- This property defines the CogPO ontology curators who've contributed to the definition of a class. In the case of multiple curators, the individual curator name may also be associated with the definition, if that person was primarily responsible for it.
• COGPO_annotation_properties:hasCurationStatus -- This provides specific info on the level of curation a given class has received, and is specifically designed to promote automated reporting on the status of classes in an ontology. It is likely some classes will require more than one instance of this property to fully describe their status. Is a type of skos_editorial_note. For a full listing of the options for status, see the full COGPO Annotation Properties.

Recent Tasks

• Logo? (Angie)

• Add details to website (Angie)
  • short description of PNAS paper as a motivation? (Jess says yes)

• Begin discussion of some concepts/information with BFO, Neurolex (Jess)
  • e.g., sound and tones, various stimulus types and response types (behaviors)
  • save stimulus and response roles for smaller discussions

• Begin discussion with Jeff et al. about what it would take to use NIF to query BrainMap and HID using CogPO terms (and how much of that can be done before the ontology is complete) (Jess)
  • NIF people working on this, Jess to touch base with them next week (9/1/09)
  • Now having regular calls with NIF/NeuroLex every other Monday.

• Work out an experiment model with KFED and OBI (Jess)
  • Can discuss stimulus and response roles, modality qualities etc. here
  • Working on this: Have downloaded OBI, made contact with OBI people, joined the OBI-developers mailing list, etc.

• Submit book proposal: Done and approved. Now we have to write it.