TermGenie - a web-application for pattern-based ontology class generation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Biological ontologies are continually growing and improving from requests for new classes (terms) by biocurators. These ontology requests can frequently create bottlenecks in the biocuration process, as ontology developers struggle to keep up, while manually processing these requests and create classes.

Results

TermGenie allows biocurators to generate new classes based on formally specified design patterns or templates. The system is web-based and can be accessed by any authorized curator through a web browser. Automated rules and reasoning engines are used to ensure validity, uniqueness and relationship to pre-existing classes. In the last 4 years the Gene Ontology TermGenie generated 4715 new classes, about 51.4% of all new classes created. The immediate generat

SUBMITTER: Dietze H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4417543 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature