Document (#38232)

Author

Mayor, C.
Robinson, L.

Title

Ontological realism and classification : structures and concepts in the Gene Ontology

Source

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 65(2014) no.4, S.686-697

Year

2014

Abstract

The Gene Ontology (GO), a scientific vocabulary widely used in molecular biology databases, is examined by an analysis of its structure, a comparison of its principles to those of traditional controlled vocabularies, and by a detailed analysis of a single concept within it. It is found that the GO deviates in some respects from its principles of ontological realism, and it is suggested the two forms of vocabulary could benefit from adopting good practice from the other.

Field

Biologie

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