The Sequence Ontology: a Tool for the Unification of Genome Annotations

Overview

Journal Genome Biol

Specialties Biology
Genetics

Date 2005 May 17

PMID 15892872

Citations 387

Authors

Karen Eilbeck

Suzanna E Lewis

Christopher J Mungall

Mark Yandell

Lincoln Stein

Richard Durbin

Michael Ashburner

Affiliations

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Abstract

The Sequence Ontology (SO) is a structured controlled vocabulary for the parts of a genomic annotation. SO provides a common set of terms and definitions that will facilitate the exchange, analysis and management of genomic data. Because SO treats part-whole relationships rigorously, data described with it can become substrates for automated reasoning, and instances of sequence features described by the SO can be subjected to a group of logical operations termed extensional mereology operators.

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