The primary tasks of the Editorial WG are to develop and maintain OBO Foundry principles and to facilitate the review of candidate OBO Foundry ontologies. This task includes developing the principles against which ontologies are reviewed, developing the review process itself, conducting the reviews, and setting policies governing the process.

Scope

The OBO Foundry Editorial WG is responsible for:

  • Principles: drafting text, and creating the workflow and guidelines for the principles development process
  • Ontologies: reviewing, and creating the workflow and guidelines for the ontology review process
  • Policies: crafting the policies for the above

Guidelines and policies

Ontologies Review

Principles Review

Contact Us

The best way to contact the OBO Foundry Editorial Working Group is through the issue tracker.

The mailing list for the OBO Foundry Editorial Working Group is obo-foundry-editorial-working-group@googlegroups.com. This is currently a closed list, but non-members can post to the list.

Members

Membership in the OBO Foundry Editorial WG is open to all members of the OBO Foundry Operations Committee who are willing to actively participate. If you are interested in joining the working group, send an email to the mailing list.

Name ORCID GitHub Affiliation Country
Bill Hogan 0000-0002-9881-1017 hoganwr University of Florida, Gainseville, FL USA
Darren Natale 0000-0001-5809-9523 nataled Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC USA
Hande Küçük McGinty 0000-0002-9025-5538 handemcginty Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS USA