Table 2
From the following article
The OBO Foundry: coordinated evolution of ontologies to support biomedical data integration
Barry Smith, Michael Ashburner, Cornelius Rosse, Jonathan Bard, William Bug, Werner Ceusters, Louis J Goldberg, Karen Eilbeck, Amelia Ireland, Christopher J Mungall, The OBI Consortium, Neocles Leontis, Philippe Rocca-Serra, Alan Ruttenberg, Susanna-Assunta Sansone, Richard H Scheuermann, Nigam Shah, Patricia L Whetzel & Suzanna Lewis
Nature Biotechnology 25, 1251 - 1255 (2007) Published online: 7 November 2007
doi:10.1038/nbt1346
Table 2. OBO Foundry ontologies (as of April 2007)
| Ontology | Scope | URL | Custodians |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mature ontologies undergoing incremental reform | |||
| Cell Ontology (CL) | Cell types from prokaryotic to mammalian | http://obofoundry.org/cgi-bin/detail.cgi?cell | Michael Ashburner, Jonathan Bard, Oliver Hofmann, Sue Rhee |
| Gene Ontology (GO) | Attributes of gene products in all organisms | http://www.geneontology.org | Gene Ontology Consortium |
| Foundational Model of Anatomy (FMA) | Structure of the mammalian and in particular the human body | http://fma.biostr.washington.edu | J.L.V. Mejino, Jr., Cornelius Rosse |
| Zebrafish Anatomical Ontology (ZAO) | Anatomical structures in Danio rerio | http://zfin.org/zf_info/anatomy/dict/sum.html | Melissa Haendel, Monte Westerfield |
| Mature ontologies still in need of thorough review | |||
| Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) | Molecular entities which are products of nature or synthetic products used to intervene in the processes of living organisms | http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi | Paula Dematos, Rafael Alcantara |
| Disease Ontology (DO) | Types of human disease | http://diseaseontology.sf.net | Rex Chisholm |
| Plant Ontology (PO) | Flowering plant structure, growth and development stages | http://plantontology.org | Plant Ontology Consortium |
| Sequence Ontology (SO) | Features and properties of nucleic acid sequences | http://www.sequenceontology.org | Karen Eilbeck |
| Ontologies for which early versions exist | |||
| Ontology for Clinical Investigations (OCI) | Clinical trials and related clinical studies | http://www.bioontology.org/wiki/index.php/CTO:Main_Page | OCI Working Group |
| Common Anatomy Reference Ontology (CARO) | Anatomical structures in all organisms | http://obofoundry.org/cgi-bin/detail.cgi?caro | Fabian Neuhaus, Melissa Haendel, David Sutherland |
| Environment Ontology | Habitats and associated spatial regions and sites | http://www.obofoundry.org/cgi-bin/detail.cgi?id=envo | Norman Morrison, Dawn Field |
| Ontology for Biomedical Investigations (OBI) | Design, protocol, instrumentation and analysis applied in biomedical investigations | http://obi.sf.net | OBI Working Group |
| Phenotypic Quality Ontology (PATO) | Qualities of biomedical entities | http://www.phenotypeontology.org | Michael Ashburner, Suzanna Lewis, Georgios Gkoutos |
| Protein Ontology (PRO) | Protein types and modifications classified on the basis of evolutionary relationships | http://pir.georgetown.edu/pro | Protein Ontology Consortium |
| Relation Ontology (RO) | Relations in biomedical ontologies | http://obofoundry.org/ro | Barry Smith, Chris Mungall |
| RNA Ontology (RnaO) | RNA three-dimensional structures, sequence alignments, and interactions | http://roc.bgsu.edu/ | RNA Ontology Consortium |