## OpenCyc KB Review Process

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Last Update: 3/30/02
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### The OpenCyc KB Review Process

The OpenCyc Knowledge Base will undergo significant change as it moves toward a version 1.0 release. Among the most important changes will be a review and cleanup of the comments and assertions that are present in the beta version.

- Each constant will be reviewed to ensure that its existence in the ontology is justified.
- Each constant will be reviewed to indicate that it is properly positioned in the ontology.
- Each constant will be reviewed to ensure that it is definitionally complete. For a constant to be considered definitionally complete, the KB must contain GAFs using every #$OpenCycDefinitionalPredicate that makes sense for a given constant (e.g. certain GAFs only make sense for #$Predicates, etc.).
- Each ground atomic formula (GAF) will be reviewed to be sure that it is well-formed and accurate.

### Review Status Indicators

On Vocabulary Pages

- **COMMENT NOT REVIEWED** indicates that the comment for this constant has not yet been reviewed for any or all of: correctness, completeness and readability.
- **GAFs NOT REVIEWED** indicates that the constant may not be definitionally complete (as described above) and that the GAFs on this constant may not be accurate or well-formed.

In the KB Browser

Look at the #$isa assertions in the #$BaseKB of the Term Content Pane.

- Constants that are instances of #$PublicConstant or #$ProposedPublicConstant have not been reviewed at all.
- Constants that are instances of #$PublicConstant-CommentOK or #$ProposedPublicConstant-CommentOK have had their comments fully reviewed.
- Constants that are instances of #$PublicConstant-DefinitionalGAFsOK or #$ProposedPublicConstant-DefinitionalGAFsOK have had their GAFs fully reviewed for well-formedness and completeness.

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