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Sex and Gender

This page is for the external review of the Sex and Gender package in the Health-RI Ontology (HRIO), developed within the Health-RI Semantic Interoperability Initiative.

Your feedback helps improve:

  • conceptual clarity and modeling decisions
  • documentation usability for both domain experts and implementers

What you are reviewing

HRIO is published as two complementary artifacts:

  • HRIO OntoUML (conceptual model): a human-oriented representation of the intended meaning and modeling commitments.
  • HRIO gUFO/OWL (OWL implementation): a machine-processable ontology that implements the same intended meaning.

In one sentence: the documentation shows and explains the package diagrams and narrative (OntoUML), while the specification provides the OWL package content with class-level descriptions (gUFO/OWL).

Recommended review flow

  1. Read the package diagrams and narrative in the documentation.
  2. Cross-check the OWL package in the specification (class IRIs and descriptions).
  3. If you find a mismatch, report it and include the diagram name and the class IRI.

Recommended review flow: start with the documentation, then cross-check the specification.

For this package specifically (linked below):

  • Diagrams and the package narrative are presented and described in the documentation.
  • Class-level descriptions are available in the specification.

Scope of this external review

The documentation and specification pages also show other HRIO packages. These are at lower maturity levels and are not open for external review at this moment. Please focus your review on the Sex and Gender package only.

Open: Sex and Gender documentation Open: Sex and Gender specification

How to contribute

We welcome feedback at any time (not only during specific calls for review). Use the contribution channels below:

Open: Report an error

Open: Request a new concept

Open: Other contributions

Questions and explanations

We are open to questions and to additional explanations about the ontology (for example, a walkthrough of the Sex and Gender package, modeling choices, and how to interpret the documentation and specification).

To ask a question or request a walkthrough, use the "Other Contribution or Request" form: Open: Other Contribution or Request

If you would like a call, please include your preferred format and a few time slots (with time zone).

Recognition and anonymity

If you contribute and you want, your name can be listed among the collaborators. Anonymous contributions are also welcome.

For extra guidance, check our contribution channels page.