Checklist: is my ontology ready for the AI agent?
Conventions and structure
- Nodes in English
UPPER_CASE - Relations in English
lower_case_underscore - Unique relation names in the ontology
- Attributes in English
lower_case_underscore - Each relation reads as subject-verb-object
Documentation for the AI agent (critical)
- All profiles: main information filled in on each node
- All profiles: main information filled in on each relation
- All profiles: main information filled in on each node attribute
- All profiles: main information filled in on each relation attribute
- Basic and Expert profiles: semantic information filled in on each node
- Basic and Expert profiles: semantic information filled in on each relation
- Basic and Expert profiles: semantic information filled in on each node attribute
- Basic and Expert profiles: semantic information filled in on each relation attribute
Validation and governance
- Business questions tested with the AI agent
- AI agent answers checked and correct
- No major concept missing
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reference_standardfilled in if a reconciliation is planned - No loops in the graph (A → B → C → A)
- Ontology completeness rate checked with the Coverage / Readiness feature