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OntoBrowser: a collaborative tool for curation of ontologies by subject matter experts
Carlo Ravagli1, Francois Pognan1, Philippe Marc1
1PreClinical Safety, Translational Sciences, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, CH-4002, Switzerland.
Abstract:
The lack of controlled terminology and ontology usage leads to incomplete search results and poor interoperability between databases. One of the major underlying challenges of data integration is curating data to adhere to controlled terminologies and/or ontologies. Finding subject matter experts with the time and skills required to perform data curation is often problematic. In addition, existing tools are not designed for continuous data integration and collaborative curation. This results in time-consuming curation workflows that often become unsustainable. The primary objective of OntoBrowser is to provide an easy-to-use online collaborative solution for subject matter experts to map reported terms to preferred ontology (or code list) terms and facilitate ontology evolution. Additional features include web service access to data, visualization of ontologies in hierarchical/graph format and a peer review/approval workflow with alerting.
Availability And Implementation:
The source code is freely available under the Apache v2.0 license. Source code and installation instructions are available at http://opensource.nibr.com This software is designed to run on a Java EE application server and store data in a relational database.
Contact:
philippe.marc@novartis.com.
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