The clinical measurement, measurement method and experimental condition ontologies: expansion, improvements and new applications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Clinical Measurement Ontology (CMO), Measurement Method Ontology (MMO), and Experimental Condition Ontology (XCO) were originally developed at the Rat Genome Database (RGD) to standardize quantitative rat phenotype data in order to integrate results from multiple studies into the PhenoMiner database and data mining tool. These ontologies provide the framework for presenting what was measured, how it was measured, and under what conditions it was measured.

Results

There has been a continuing expansion of subdomains in each ontology with a parallel 2-3 fold increase in the total number of terms, substantially increasing the size and improving the scope of the ontologies. The proportion of terms with textual definitions has increased from ~60% to over 80% with gr

SUBMITTER: Smith JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3882879 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature