The environment ontology: contextualising biological and biomedical entities

• Published in: Journal of biomedical semantics Vol. 4; no. 1; p. 43
• Main Authors: Buttigieg, Pier, Morrison, Norman, Smith, Barry, Mungall, Christopher J, Lewis, Suzanna E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 11.12.2013; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Analysis; Biomes; Community ecology; Coral reefs; Ecosystems; Environmental aspects; Environmental conditions; Habitats; Mathematical & Computational Biology; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Motivation; Ontology; Population; Semantics; Germany

As biological and biomedical research increasingly reference the environmental context of the biological entities under study, the need for formalisation and standardisation of environment descriptors is growing. The Environment Ontology (ENVO; http://www.environmentontology.org) is a community-led,...