ONS: an ontology for a standardized description of interventions and observational studies in nutrition.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The multidisciplinary nature of nutrition research is one of its main strengths. At the same time, however, it presents a major obstacle to integrate data analysis, especially for the terminological and semantic interpretations that specific research fields or communities are used to. To date, a proper ontology to structure and formalize the concepts used for the description of nutritional studies is still lacking.

Results

We have developed the Ontology for Nutritional Studies (ONS) by harmonizing selected pre-existing de facto ontologies with novel health and nutritional terminology classifications. The ONS is the result of a scholarly consensus of 51 research centers in nine European countries. The ontology classes and relations are commonly encountered while co

SUBMITTER: Vitali F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5928560 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature