Animal trait ontology: The importance and usefulness of a unified trait vocabulary for animal species.

@article{citeulike:2821814, abstract = {Ontologies help to identify and formally define the entities and relationships in specific domains of interest. Bio-ontologies, in particular, play a central role in the annotation, integration, analysis, and interpretation of biological data. Missing from the number of bio-ontologies is one that includes phenotypic trait information found in livestock species. As a result, the Animal Trait Ontology (ATO) project being carried out under the auspices of the USDA-National Animal Genome Research Program is aimed at the development of a standardized trait ontology for farm animals and software tools to assist the research community in collaborative creation, editing, maintenance, and use of such an ontology. The ATO is currently inclusive of cattle, pig, and chicken species, and will include other livestock species in the future. The ATO will eventually be linked to other species (e.g., human, rat, mouse) so that comparative analysis can be efficiently performed between species.}, address = {Department of Animal Science, Center for Integrated Animal Genomics, Iowa State University, 2255 Kildee Hall, Ames 50011.}, author = {Hughes, L. M. and Bao, J. and Hu, Z. L. and Honavar, V. and Reecy, J. M. }, citeulike-article-id = {2821814}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2527/jas.2008-0930}, issn = {1525-3163}, journal = {Journal of animal science}, keywords = {animal, ontology}, month = {June}, number = {6}, pages = {1485--1491}, posted-at = {2008-05-22 03:41:04}, priority = {2}, title = {Animal trait ontology: The importance and usefulness of a unified trait vocabulary for animal species.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2527/jas.2008-0930}, volume = {86}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2821814 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2821814 TI - Animal trait ontology: The importance and usefulness of a unified trait vocabulary for animal species. JF - Journal of animal science VL - 86 IS - 6 SP - 1485 EP - 1491 AD - Department of Animal Science, Center for Integrated Animal Genomics, Iowa State University, 2255 Kildee Hall, Ames 50011. SN - 1525-3163 N2 - Ontologies help to identify and formally define the entities and relationships in specific domains of interest. Bio-ontologies, in particular, play a central role in the annotation, integration, analysis, and interpretation of biological data. Missing from the number of bio-ontologies is one that includes phenotypic trait information found in livestock species. As a result, the Animal Trait Ontology (ATO) project being carried out under the auspices of the USDA-National Animal Genome Research Program is aimed at the development of a standardized trait ontology for farm animals and software tools to assist the research community in collaborative creation, editing, maintenance, and use of such an ontology. The ATO is currently inclusive of cattle, pig, and chicken species, and will include other livestock species in the future. The ATO will eventually be linked to other species (e.g., human, rat, mouse) so that comparative analysis can be efficiently performed between species. KW - animal KW - ontology AU - Hughes, LM AU - Bao, J AU - Hu, ZL AU - Honavar, V AU - Reecy, JM PY - 2008/06// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2527/jas.2008-0930 ER -