[kepler-dev] [Bug 4095] New: - Java Package Ontology (e.g. to facilitate Ptolemy component access)

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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4095

           Summary: Java Package Ontology (e.g. to facilitate Ptolemy
                    component access)
           Product: Kepler
           Version: 1.x dev
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: mcphillips at ecoinformatics.org
        ReportedBy: ludaesch at ucdavis.edu
         QAContact: kepler-dev at ecoinformatics.org


Ptolemy has a number of neat components that are currently very hard to get to. 
For example, MonitorReceiverContents under ptolemy.vergil.actor.lib is nice for
certain runtime monitoring and "debugging" purposes (thanks Edward! :)

If we created a *virtual* "Java Package Ontology" (JPO), i.e., one that simply 
considers maps containment as concept subsumption, then this would allow us to
browse and search (!)  any and all otherwise unannotated components (Ptolemy or
Kepler) easily.

It seems this would make the good (bad) old habit of InstantiateComponent /
InstantiateAttribute superfluous.

Bertram