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First Ontology Milestone Tagging Checklist

Status: Complete — tag created
Date: 2026-07-01 (checklist opened); 2026-07-03 (tag created)
Scope: Pre-tag checklist for the first externally tagged XwkOnt core ontology milestone

Decision

The first external ontology milestone tag was created 2026-07-03:

ontology-core-v0.1.0

Public redirect and content-negotiation behavior were fully deployed and verified before the tag was created.

Pre-Tag Checklist

Complete all items before creating ontology-core-v0.1.0.

Repository and Governance

  • Working tree is clean before final release validation. Verified 2026-07-02: git status --short returns nothing.
  • No pending ADR is required for the release posture. Verified 2026-07-02: no open ADR gaps found for this release.
  • Release remains consistent with repository-first governance.
  • Release remains consistent with the URI/IRI policy.
  • Release remains consistent with the release-versioning policy.
  • Immutable versioned ontology document IRIs are still explicitly deferred (see docs/releases/core-ontology-release-notes.md, Namespace Posture).

Publication Operations

  • https://w3id.org/xwkont/ resolves to the project entry point or repository landing page. Verified 2026-07-02: 302 to https://github.com/xwkont.
  • https://w3id.org/xwkont/core supports Turtle retrieval for data/ontology/core.ttl. Verified 2026-07-03: perma-id/w3id.org#6292 merged; Accept: text/turtle → 302 → raw.githubusercontent.com/xwkont/xwkont/main/data/ontology/core.ttl, final 200.
  • https://w3id.org/xwkont/core supports HTML retrieval for human-readable core ontology documentation. Verified 2026-07-03: default Accept → 302 → github.com/xwkont/xwkont/blob/main/docs/ontology/core-ontology.md, final 200.
  • Redirect and content-negotiation verification commands have been run and recorded. Both paths recorded in docs/releases/core-ontology-release-notes.md's Content-Negotiation Verification section.
  • Documentation does not advertise dereferenceability beyond verified behavior.

Artifact Bundle

  • data/ontology/core.ttl is included.
  • docs/ontology/core-ontology.md is included.
  • docs/ontology/core-glossary.md is included.
  • docs/ontology/core-axioms.md is included.
  • docs/ontology/core-competency-questions.md is included.
  • docs/ontology/core-validation.md is included.
  • docs/publication/core-publication-guide.md is included.
  • docs/publication/uri-iri-policy.md is included.
  • docs/publication/redirects-content-negotiation.md is included.
  • docs/publication/validation-commands.md is included.
  • docs/releases/core-ontology-release-notes.md identifies the tag, artifacts, validation results, and known limitations. Content-negotiation verification results and the created tag are both recorded 2026-07-03.

Validation

  • git status --short returns no uncommitted files before release validation. Verified 2026-07-02.
  • Turtle artifacts parse with RDFLib, or the documented structural fallback is run and recorded. RDFLib unavailable in this environment; structural fallback run 2026-07-02, passed.
  • Navigation artifact checks pass. Verified 2026-07-02.
  • xwkont-core:mapsTo has no RDFS domain or range. Verified 2026-07-02 via structural fallback check.
  • Example data remains marked illustrative and non-authoritative. Verified 2026-07-02.

Tag Command

The tag was created and pushed to both the private and public repositories 2026-07-03:

git tag ontology-core-v0.1.0
git push origin ontology-core-v0.1.0

A lightweight tag was used (no annotated release notes embedded in the tag object).

Current Blockers

None remaining for this checklist — it is complete. perma-id/w3id.org#6292 merged 2026-07-03T12:24:50Z; both Turtle and HTML retrieval for https://w3id.org/xwkont/core are verified live, and ontology-core-v0.1.0 is tagged and pushed. Immutable versioned ontology document IRIs (https://w3id.org/xwkont/ontology/core/0.1.0) remain a separate, still-deferred decision — see docs/governance/release-versioning-policy.md and TODO.md; that path currently returns 404 and has no w3id redirect configured.