DRAFT: New Principle 19 - for OBO Operations Review

[nataled]

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[cmungall]

See comments, some minor. Overall I recommend not mixing up orthogonal file syntax issues with OMO profiles

[matentzn]

I like this principle very much; some general feedback:

1. the principle is about "term stability", yet the focus is entirely about definitions (IAO:0000115). I think the principle text should clearly refer to all ways a meaning can significantly change, including in cases where there is no human readable definition, but a rich axiomatic structure (like say in PRO or CHEBI).
2. I like the concept of "referents" very much; but what I am missing here is that the source of the mapping between and ID and its referent is solely in the head of the ontology developer. So I would like the text to reflect the idea of "as intended by the ontology developer". I think this is important because the referents are never explicit, and we need to have a source of truth for who gets to define these somewhere in the text. This also helps with deciding "if the referent changed or not" - as you say, only the ontology author can decide this.

[nataled]

@cmungall can you verify that your concerns have been addressed? We'd like to get this moving toward public review and then implementation.