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Are the current ontologies in biology good ontologies?

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The failure of many bio-ontologies to follow international standards for ontology design and description is hampering their application and threatens to restrict their future use.

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Figure 1: MGED Ontology (a fragment).
Figure 2: An ontology repository.

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  1. Computer Science Department, The University of Wales, Penglais, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB, Ceredigion, UK

    Larisa N Soldatova & Ross D King

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Soldatova, L., King, R. Are the current ontologies in biology good ontologies?. Nat Biotechnol 23, 1095–1098 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0905-1095

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