Ontology |
Coding of knowledge domain in such a way that the knowledge can be understood by a computer (modified from [1616 Yu L. A developer’s guide to the semantic Web. Heidelberg: Springer Science & Business Media; 2014 [cited 2020 Jun 10]. 829 p. Available from: doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43796-4. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-66...
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anatomical ontology |
Coding of knowledge about anatomy. |
RDF |
RDF is a framework for representing information on the Web [1616 Yu L. A developer’s guide to the semantic Web. Heidelberg: Springer Science & Business Media; 2014 [cited 2020 Jun 10]. 829 p. Available from: doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43796-4. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-66...
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class |
A term defined in an ontology representing a concept [1717 Mabee P, Balhoff J, Dahdul W, Lapp H, Mungall C, Vision T. A logical model of homology for comparative biology. Syst Biol [Internet]. 2020;69:345-62. Available from: doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syz067. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/s...
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subclass |
A term in an ontology that narrows down another (parent) term [1717 Mabee P, Balhoff J, Dahdul W, Lapp H, Mungall C, Vision T. A logical model of homology for comparative biology. Syst Biol [Internet]. 2020;69:345-62. Available from: doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syz067. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/s...
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instance |
The individuals in the class extension. |
resource |
A resource is anything that is being described by RDF statements [1616 Yu L. A developer’s guide to the semantic Web. Heidelberg: Springer Science & Business Media; 2014 [cited 2020 Jun 10]. 829 p. Available from: doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43796-4. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-66...
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annotation |
Statements composed of ontology terms, linked to natural language descriptions such as characters and states [1717 Mabee P, Balhoff J, Dahdul W, Lapp H, Mungall C, Vision T. A logical model of homology for comparative biology. Syst Biol [Internet]. 2020;69:345-62. Available from: doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syz067. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/s...
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owl |
A language standardized by the World Wide Web Consortium (WC3) for defining DL ontologies [1717 Mabee P, Balhoff J, Dahdul W, Lapp H, Mungall C, Vision T. A logical model of homology for comparative biology. Syst Biol [Internet]. 2020;69:345-62. Available from: doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syz067. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/s...
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database |
A structured collection of data, usually organized as multiple data tables linked via identifiers into relational databases [2828 Schneider FD, Fichtmueller D, Gossner MM, Güntsch A, Jochum M, König-Ries B, et al. Towards an ecological trait-data standard. Methods Ecol Evol [Internet]. 2019;10:2006-2019. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13288. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13288...
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term |
A word that names or labels a particular concept as part of the specialized vocabulary of a field [2828 Schneider FD, Fichtmueller D, Gossner MM, Güntsch A, Jochum M, König-Ries B, et al. Towards an ecological trait-data standard. Methods Ecol Evol [Internet]. 2019;10:2006-2019. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13288. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13288...
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granularity |
Representation on different levels of detail in data, information, and knowledge that are located at their appropriate level [2929 Keet C. Granularity. In: Dubitzky W., Wolkenhauer O., Cho KH., Yokota H, editors. Encyclopedia of Systems Biology [Internet]. New York: Springer; 2013 [cited 2021 Jul 7] Available from: doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9863-7_65. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1007/978-1-44...
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terminology |
The body of terms and concepts used with a particular application in a subject of study, usually formalized in a thesaurus or ontology [2828 Schneider FD, Fichtmueller D, Gossner MM, Güntsch A, Jochum M, König-Ries B, et al. Towards an ecological trait-data standard. Methods Ecol Evol [Internet]. 2019;10:2006-2019. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13288. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13288...
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URI |
An unambiguous pointer to a unique resource on the Internet; used to refer to single terms of a thesaurus or ontology [2828 Schneider FD, Fichtmueller D, Gossner MM, Güntsch A, Jochum M, König-Ries B, et al. Towards an ecological trait-data standard. Methods Ecol Evol [Internet]. 2019;10:2006-2019. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13288. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13288...
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