Annotate the contribution roles with definitions and tidy up the ontology.

[marijane]

Each class in the CRO should have an obo:definition.

We should take this as an opportunity to review the roles for inclusion or exclusion in the ontology, review names for clarity, and review the appropriateness of the current hierarchical arrangement of the ontology.

We might consider writing definitions with explicit references to their parent classes as a means to some of these ends. For example, a possible definition for the Technical Writing Role could be "A Software Development Role that involves producing documentation of software systems for a variety of audiences, including but not limited to end users and system administrators." This definition should force some reflection: is Technical Writing really a Software Development role? Might the parent class be called "Software Role" instead, as it is in the Credit Taxonomy? Is Software Development Role actually a subclass of a more general Software Role, or perhaps an alternate term for Software Engineering Role or Computer Programming Role? etc.

If we cannot devise a clear definition for a role that does not currently have one, we might take that as a sign that the role should be removed from the ontology.

Classes which currently lack definitions:

• Documentation Role
• Graphic Design Role
• Marketing Role
• Networking Facilitation Role (what was this, again?)
• Website Development Role
• Data Role
• Data Aggregation Role
• Statistical Data Analysis Role
• Data Collection Role (how is this distinct from data aggregation?)
• Metadata Application Role (application?)
• Data Integration Role
• Data Modeling Role
• Data Quality Assurance Role
• Data Visualization Role (may need to disambiguate this with Figure Development Role, which currently maps to the Credit Taxonomy's Visualization term. I think this one might map better.)
• Educational Role (why not "Education")?
• Educational Material Development Role
• Educational Program Development Role
• Teaching Role
• Information Technology Systems Role
• Hardware Systems Role
• Software Systems Role
• Database Administrator Role
• System Administrator Role
• Intellectual Property Advisor Role
• Guideline Development Role
• Protocol Creation Role
• Standard Operating Procedure Development Role
• Technique Development Role
• Policy Development Role
• Archivist Role
• Conservator Role
• Digital Preservation Role
• Research Instrumentation Role
• Device Development Role
• Equipment Technician Role
• Survey and Questionnaire Role

Classes with definitions that need improvement:

• Contribution Role: needs to be generalized beyond the sciences, lest we exclude scholars that don't consider themselves scientists.

[marijane]

Full list of roles can be viewed at
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17CrTT2xQceKmDxUmM3Em-AWCMdxopDPRZHbV5conqQE/edit?usp=sharing