Posts In Category Under Review
There is no “other” category: When to avoid “miscellaneous”
on April 20, 2010 by Duncan Hull in Under Review, Comments (0)
It is often tempting when describing a series of subclasses that you know are not exhaustive to add a class labelled as “Other” or “Miscellaneous”. This is generally seen to […]
Separating Concepts from Labels
on by Duncan Hull in Under Review, Comments (0)
When creating ontologies it is good practice to separate the concept (sic) and the label or term used to refer to that concept [1]. Take the category or class to […]
What is an upper level ontology?
on April 13, 2010 by roberthoehndorf in Reviewed, Under Review, Comments (2)
Abstract:Upper level ontologies are used to facilitate the semantic integration of domain ontologies and guide the development of new ontologies. For this purpose, they contain general categories that are […]
The overuse of is-a relation
on by larisasoldatova in Under Review, Comments (0)
Abstract The is-a relation is often overused by ontology developers. Also, the is-a relation sometimes is confused with other relations. This article explains why it may happen and how to […]
Components of an Ontology
on January 22, 2010 by phillord in Under Review, Comments (2)
Abstract A computational ontology consists of a number of different components, such as Classes, Individuals and Relations which are described in this article. Introduction An Ontology consists of a […]
Simple Knowledge Organisation System (SKOS)
on by Simon Jupp in Uncategorized, Under Review, Comments (0)
SKOS This article describes the Simple Knowledge Organisation System (SKOS). SKOS is a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommended standard for representing and publishings Knowledge Organisation Systems (KOS) on […]
OBO Format
on by dosumis in Under Review, Comments (0)
David Osumi-Sutherland FlyBase, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2, 3EH, UK Abstract OBO format is a popular ontology file format. It can express a subset of the description logic […]
Ontologies for Sharing, Ontologies for Use
on by David Shotton in Under Review, Comments (3)
David Shotton §, Chris Catton and Graham Klyne Image Bioinformatics Research Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK § Corresponding author: e-mail: david.shotton@zoo.ox.ac.uk […]
Resource Description Framework (RDF)
on by Simon Jupp in Uncategorized, Under Review, Comments (2)
Introduction This post provide a brief overview of the Resource Description Framework (RDF). RDF is a W3C recommended standard for publishing data on the Web and is one of […]
Upper Level Ontologies
on by Frank Gibson in Under Review, Comments (3)
As the biomedical domain is highly interconnected, bio-ontologies may overlap with each other. For instance, the Ontology of Biomedical Investigation (OBI) requires the availability of definitions for those chemicals used […]