Table 1 A summary of the ontologies that have been identified as covering content areas of relevance for eNanoMapper
From: eNanoMapper: harnessing ontologies to enable data integration for nanomaterial risk assessment
| Ontology detail | Availability | Primary content and focus |
|---|---|---|
| NanoParticle Ontology (NPO), [5] | http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/NPO | Nanomaterial types, properties and experiments |
| Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), [6] | http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/ | Chemical compounds, groups and roles, and nanomaterial types |
| Chemical information ontology (CHEMINF), [7] | http://code.google.com/p/semanticchemistry/ | Chemical qualities and descriptors, both calculated and measured |
| Chemical Methods Ontology (CHMO) | http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CHMO | Chemical processes and experimental methods |
| Physico-Chemical Process Ontology (REX) | http: //www.obofoundry.org/cgi-bin/detail.cgi?id=rex | Chemical processes and experimental methods |
| Unit Ontology (UO), [8] | http://code.google.com/p/unit-ontology/ | Units for measured or calculated quantities |
| Phenotype and Quality Ontology (PATO), [9] | https://code.google.com/p/pato/ | Qualities and phenotypes |
| Ontology for Biomedical Investigations (OBI), [10] | http://obi-ontology.org/ | Experiments and assays |
| BioAssay Ontology (BAO), [11] | http://bioassayontology.org/ | Experiments and assays |
| Gene Ontology (GO), [12] | http://amigo.geneontology.org/ | Molecular functions, biological processes and cellular components |
| Protein Ontology (PRO), [13] | http://pir.georgetown.edu/pro/pro.shtml | Proteins and protein complexes |
| Cell Ontology (CL), [14] | https://code.google.com/p/cell-ontology/ | Cell types |
| Cell Culture Ontology (CCONT), [15] | http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CCONT | Cell lines |
| UBERON, [16] | http://uberon.org | Multi-species anatomy |
| Environment Ontology (ENVO), [17] | http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/ENVO | Environments such as soil and sediment |
| Ontology of Adverse Events (OAE), [18] | http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/OAE | Adverse events of a medical nature |