Special issue on bio-ontologies and phenotypes.

Nigam H. Shah,Anika Oellrich,Michel Dumontier,Larisa N. Soldatova,Karin Verspoor,Tudor Groza,Nigel Collier,Philippe Rocca-Serra

doi:10.1186/s13326-015-0040-2

Abstract

The bio-ontologies and phenotypes special issue includes eight papers selected from the 11 papers presented at the Bio-Ontologies SIG (Special Interest Group) and the Phenotype Day at ISMB (Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology) conference in Boston in 2014. The selected papers span a wide range of topics including the automated re-use and update of ontologies, quality assessment of ontological resources, and the systematic description of phenotype variation, driven by manual, semi- and fully automatic means.

Highlights

The special issue on bio-ontologies and phenotypes includes selected papers that were presented at the BioOntologies SIG and the Phenotype Day at ISMB (Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology) conference in 2014
Summary of selected papers The selected for the special issue papers span a wide range of topics including the automated re-use and update of ontologies, quality assessment of ontological resources, and the systematic description of phenotype variation, driven by manual, semi- and fully automatic means
The results suggest that there is an opportunity for quality assurance of NDF-RT content

Summary

Introduction

The special issue on bio-ontologies and phenotypes includes selected papers that were presented at the BioOntologies SIG and the Phenotype Day at ISMB (Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology) conference in 2014.Over the 17 years, the Bio-Ontologies SIG at ISMB has provided an environment for discussion of ontologies, their applications to biology, and more generally the organisation, presentation and dissemination of knowledge in biomedicine and the life sciences. Introduction The special issue on bio-ontologies and phenotypes includes selected papers that were presented at the BioOntologies SIG and the Phenotype Day at ISMB (Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology) conference in 2014. In 2014 the bio-ontologies SIG ran an extended event called the Phenotype Day, which focused on the systematic description of phenotypic variation.

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