In discussing the different types of research objects that may be considered, Bechhofer came up as someone to look into.

Bechhofer, Sean, De Roure, David, Gamble, Matthew, Goble, Carole and Buchan, Iain (2010) Research Objects: Towards Exchange and Reuse of Digital Knowledge. In, The Future of the Web for Collaborative Science (FWCS 2010), Raleigh, NC, USA, (Submitted) [link]