BME/SIE 477/577 - Information Search & Retrieval and Biomedical Ontologies

An upper level ontology to facilitate interoperability between existing anatomy ontologies for different species.

The Disease Ontology semantically integrates disease and medical vocabularies through extensive cross mapping of DO terms to MeSH, ICD, NCI’s thesaurus, SNOMED and OMIM.

A domain ontology that represents a coherent body of explicit declarative knowledge about human anatomy. Its ontological framework can be applied and extended to all other species.

A collaborative effort to address the need for consistent descriptions of gene products across databases. The GO represents information about biological processes, cellular components and molecular functions.

An ontology that represents phenotypic abnormalities encountered in human disease.

A set of interoperable ontologies covering the infectious disease domain. At the core of the set is a general Infectious Disease Ontology (IDO-Core) of entities relevant to both biomedical and clinical aspects of most infectious diseases. Sub-domain specific extensions of IDO-Core provide coverage of entities relevant to specific pathogens or diseases.

Concepts, definitions, terms, and resources for standardized description of microarray experiments.

A community effort to provide standard terms for annotating mammalian phenotypic data.

An integrated ontology for the description of life-science and clinical investigations.

A reference ontology for the annotation of the results of clinical trials.

An ontology based on the papers Toward an Ontological Treatment of Disease and Diagnosis and On Carcinomas and Other Pathological Entities. OGMS was formerly called the clinical phenotype ontology.

An ontology that can be used in conjunction with other ontologies such as GO or anatomical ontologies to refer to phenotypes.

A Community of Special Interest (COSI) of the International Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (ISCB), addressing current research in the application of ontologies and the organization, presentation and dissemination of knowledge in biomedicine and the life sciences. #bioontologies on Twitter.

The Clinical and Translational Science Ontology Group (CTSOG) promotes the development and usage of standard ontologies as a catalyst for translational science. CTSOG hosts an annual workshop.

ESWC is a major venue for discussing the latest scientific results and technology innovations around semantic technologies. @eswc_conf on Twitter.

The International Conference on Biological Ontology series brings together representatives of all major communities involved in the development and application of ontologies in biomedicine and related areas. @ICBOconf on Twitter.

An international forum for the Semantic Web/Linked Data Community, bringing together researchers, practitioners and industry specialists to discuss, advance, and shape the future of semantic technologies.

​​An open, international, virtual community of practice devoted to advancing the field of ontology, ontological engineering and semantic technology, and advocating their adoption into mainstream applications and international standards. Sponsored by Ontolog: