Modeling biomedical experimental processes with OBI
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Experimental descriptions are typically stored as free text without using standardized terminology, creating challenges in comparison, reproduction and analysis. These difficulties impose limitations on data exchange and information...
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| author | Brinkman Ryan R Courtot Mélanie Derom Dirk Fostel Jennifer M He Yongqun Lord Phillip Malone James Parkinson Helen Peters Bjoern Rocca-Serra Philippe Ruttenberg Alan Sansone Susanna-Assunta Soldatova Larisa N Stoeckert Christian J Turner Jessica A Zheng Jie |
| author_facet | Brinkman Ryan R Courtot Mélanie Derom Dirk Fostel Jennifer M He Yongqun Lord Phillip Malone James Parkinson Helen Peters Bjoern Rocca-Serra Philippe Ruttenberg Alan Sansone Susanna-Assunta Soldatova Larisa N Stoeckert Christian J Turner Jessica A Zheng Jie |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Experimental descriptions are typically stored as free text without using standardized terminology, creating challenges in comparison, reproduction and analysis. These difficulties impose limitations on data exchange and information retrieval.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The Ontology for Biomedical Investigations (OBI), developed as a global, cross-community effort, provides a resource that represents biomedical investigations in an explicit and integrative framework. Here we detail three real-world applications of OBI, provide detailed modeling information and explain how to use OBI.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>We demonstrate how OBI can be applied to different biomedical investigations to both facilitate interpretation of the experimental process and increase the computational processing and integration within the Semantic Web. The logical definitions of the entities involved allow computers to unambiguously understand and integrate different biological experimental processes and their relevant components.</p> <p>Availability</p> <p>OBI is available at <url>http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obi/2009-11-02/obi.owl</url></p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c6f8765d6ea148f5be7c2baceafb3e8d2022-12-21T21:04:50ZengBMCJournal of Biomedical Semantics2041-14802010-06-011Suppl 1S710.1186/2041-1480-1-S1-S7Modeling biomedical experimental processes with OBIBrinkman Ryan RCourtot MélanieDerom DirkFostel Jennifer MHe YongqunLord PhillipMalone JamesParkinson HelenPeters BjoernRocca-Serra PhilippeRuttenberg AlanSansone Susanna-AssuntaSoldatova Larisa NStoeckert Christian JTurner Jessica AZheng Jie<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Experimental descriptions are typically stored as free text without using standardized terminology, creating challenges in comparison, reproduction and analysis. These difficulties impose limitations on data exchange and information retrieval.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The Ontology for Biomedical Investigations (OBI), developed as a global, cross-community effort, provides a resource that represents biomedical investigations in an explicit and integrative framework. Here we detail three real-world applications of OBI, provide detailed modeling information and explain how to use OBI.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>We demonstrate how OBI can be applied to different biomedical investigations to both facilitate interpretation of the experimental process and increase the computational processing and integration within the Semantic Web. The logical definitions of the entities involved allow computers to unambiguously understand and integrate different biological experimental processes and their relevant components.</p> <p>Availability</p> <p>OBI is available at <url>http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obi/2009-11-02/obi.owl</url></p> |
| spellingShingle | Brinkman Ryan R Courtot Mélanie Derom Dirk Fostel Jennifer M He Yongqun Lord Phillip Malone James Parkinson Helen Peters Bjoern Rocca-Serra Philippe Ruttenberg Alan Sansone Susanna-Assunta Soldatova Larisa N Stoeckert Christian J Turner Jessica A Zheng Jie Modeling biomedical experimental processes with OBI Journal of Biomedical Semantics |
| title | Modeling biomedical experimental processes with OBI |
| title_full | Modeling biomedical experimental processes with OBI |
| title_fullStr | Modeling biomedical experimental processes with OBI |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modeling biomedical experimental processes with OBI |
| title_short | Modeling biomedical experimental processes with OBI |
| title_sort | modeling biomedical experimental processes with obi |
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