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Make OPL ontology release

jie zheng edited this page Jul 18, 2019 · 2 revisions
  1. Make OPL ontology release file
  • git clone OPL-ontology/OPL repository

  • Run "Makefile" in the OPL-ontology/OPL repository, it will generate the release file, opl.owl, in the same directory as "Makefile".

  • The command of running Makefile is: make

  1. Review opl.owl
  • Review opl.owl and fix issues in the development version if there are any.
  • Rerun Makefile if any changes made in the development version.
  1. Go through Github release process
  • Click 'releases' at top menu bar at OPL-ontology/OPL page or go to page: https://github.com/OPL-ontology/OPL/releases
  • Click 'draft a new release' button on the release page
  • Fill the release associated information in the form
    • Provide the release date in the format vYYYY-MM-DD as tag version (v stands for version, following the year(YYYY), month(MM) and day(DD) that the release file generated)
    • Provide release title
    • Provide release notes (can be edited later)
  • Check "This is a pre-release" when we consider it is a release candidate for review. Then click "Publish release"
  • When we decide to make the official release, go to the release page and uncheck "This is a pre-release". Then click "Publish release"
  1. Add new release PURL
  1. The latest release will be uploaded automatically to ontoBee and Bioportal
  • The ontobee server will load the new ontology version over the weekend
  • Bioportal will index the new ontology version. Generally, it will take about 1 week to make a new ontology version ready to show on the site.
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