In the 56th joint meeting of the CIDOC CRM and ISO/TC46/SC4/WG9 &49th FRBR/LRMoo SIG, the SIG resolved to start a new issue in order to automatically detect incompatibilities between the CIDOC CRM & its extensions.
HW: PF & ETz to work on that.
Nb: Consult with VA (LAHRA), because OntoME does exactly that.
Crete, May 2023
In the 57th CIDOC CRM & 50th FRBR/LRMoo SIG Meeting, VA shared a presentation with the SIG on features of the OntoME that allow for a consistency check btw CRM and family models. The slide deck can be found here.
Decision:
HW: Based on the discussion that folloewd, ETz, PF & VA will be working towards performing additional checks to automatically generate rdf files for CRMbase and extensions, namely:
- vocabulary checking regarding class and property labels
- detection of wrong domain or range of a property
- hierarchical cycles
- unique hierarchical branch position (If A subClassOf B, B subClassOf C then A cannot be subClassOf C)
- domain/range of a property must be subClass or equal to the domain/range of its superProperty
- Avoid hierarchical relationships of owl:DatatypeProperties with owl:ObjectProperties, and document the cases
Nb. OntoME can probably be extended by points 3-6.
Nb.': check out for potential inconsistencies btw a model and its translations.
Marseille, October 2023
In the 61st joint meeting of the CIDOC CRM and ISO/TC46/SC4/WG9 & 54th FRBR/LRMoo SIG, the group resolved not close the issue, ETz has started implementing a service by means of which to check for specific CRM rules and whether they are violated by an ontology. The work is not completed yet, but it’s underway.
Heraklion, October 2025