nm 22 uu 4500 s |||||||||||||||||||||| Ontology building as a social-technical process: a case study Yuwei Author University of Manchester National Centre for e-Social Science Meik Author University of Manchester National Centre for e-Social Science Rob Author University of Manchester National Centre for e-Social Science Jay (Subbarao) Author University of Manchester Department of Computer Science Dominic Author University of Edinburgh Division of Psychiatry Jonathan Author University of Edinburgh Division of Psychiatry Dave Author Manchester Metropolitan University Department of Sociology Wes Author University of Manchester Department of Sociology Jenny Author University of Edinburgh School of Informatics Stephen Author University of Edinburgh Division of Psychiatry Alan Author University of Manchester Department of Computer Science Carol Author University of Manchester Department of Computer Science The NeuroPsyGrid Project aims to build an ontology of psychosis that will be usable by practitioners and scientists across a range of different disciplines as a common and formalised knowledge framework. This paper provides a socio-technical perspective on the collaborative work involved in the development of such an ontology of psychosis. After introducing the context and nature of the project, we will elaborate on the challenges of such an undertaking, focussing on the process of ontology building and the socio-technical aspects of collaboration, including the meaningfulness of documents as boundary objects. ontology knowledge classification computer supported cooperative work CSCW psychosis boundary object Restricted: Full content available from 2008-09-10 (ISO 8601) Restricted: Metadata available from (ISO 8601)