As semantics and linked data become increasingly mainstream, one question that seems to be asked increasingly has to do with a comparatively recent term, ontology, and how ontologies differ from ...

Bio-ontologies provide a means of formalizing biological knowledge — for example, about genes, anatomy and phenotypes — in complex hierarchies that are composed ...

This chapter summarizes the outcomes of the literature review, surveys, and in-depth interviews, as well as the case studies and methodology for ontology development. The literature review focused on ...

Semantics provides a way of defining the languages that you use for describing your business or organizational processes, for describing domains of knowledge, and for managing processes and resources ...

In a previous article, I looked at how ontologies can help tackle some of the life sciences’ big data challenges by FAIRifying data, making it Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable.

Why worry about behavioral ontologies, when scientists and those who apply scientific knowledge may have many other pressing concerns? To understand why this seemingly arcane idea is so important, it ...

The building blocks of ontologies are terminologies, i.e. collections of technical terms in a specific domain (the "technical language"). It is important to note that a "term" in the terminological ...