Developing an Ontology from the Application Up

 The  biomedical  ontology  community  is  producing  ontologies  which   represent   biological   knowledge   and   with   a   bias   towards   a   realist   perspective   due  to  the  use  of  the  upper  level  ontology  BFO  [1].  While  these  ontologies  are   useful  representations  of  the  knowledge  space  they  are  not  always  applicable  in   the  context  of  typical  biomedical  use  cases.  In  this  paper  we  describe  our  use  of   reference  ontologies  in  the  development  of  the  Experimental  Factor  Ontology   (EFO)  and  its  application  to  public  gene  expression  data.  Finally,  we  present   guidelines  for  rapid  development  and  deployment  of  an  application  ontology.  

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: SEMWEB
• Authors: James Malone, Tomasz Adamusiak, Ele Holloway, Misha Kapushesky, Helen E. Parkinson
• Keywords: Biomedical Ontology Community, Internet Technology, Level Ontology Bfo, Ontology, SEMWEB 2009