The environment ontology in 2016: bridging domains with increased scope, semantic density, and interoperation

• Published in: Journal of biomedical semantics Vol. 7; no. 1; p. 57
• Main Authors: Buttigieg, Pier Luigi, Pafilis, Evangelos, Lewis, Suzanna E., Schildhauer, Mark P., Walls, Ramona L., Mungall, Christopher J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 23.09.2016; BioMed Central
• Subjects: anthropogenic environment; Biomes; Data mining; ecosystem; Ecosystems; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; environmental semantics; habitat; indoor environment; ontology; Sustainable development; Ontology; Anthropogenic environment; Ecosystem; Environmental semantics; Habitat; Indoor environment; Sustainable development

The Environment Ontology (ENVO; http://www.environmentontology.org/ ), first described in 2013, is a resource and research target for the semantically controlled description of environmental entities. The ontology's initial aim was the representation of the biomes, environmental features, and e...