Maintenenance Policy

The beer-ontology was created in the Beer-Advisor project for the Ontology Engineering course of RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) during Fall 2020.

• Upon delivery of the final version the ontology will remain at the same URL.
• Any and all changes will be documented and updated in the website in order to keep the ontology up to date.
• Upon any major change to the ontology, a new version will be produced and the previous version will be archived. These changes will then be reflected inside of the use case, queries, and conceptual models.

More information about the ontology URI, past versions URI and update notes can be found in ontology section and in the ontology header.

Getting Involved

There are many different ways in which the Beer-Advisor project can be expanded. With the ever-growing amount of beer styles and a multitude of properties, there are many different expansions possible. If you are interested in contributing to the ontology, please contact us at the following emails:

• Lucas Standaert (standl at rpi dot edu)
• Anna Yaroslaski (yarosa2 at rpi dot edu)
• Marcelo de Castro (decasm3 at rpi dot edu)
• Sam Stouffer (stoufs2 at rpi dot edu)