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Table 5 Description of the ontology engineering methods used in 16 papers among the selected ones. The first column describes the name of the method, while the second mentions the number of papers that followed the method

From: The use of foundational ontologies in biomedical research

Ontology engineering method or guideline

Number of papers using the method or guideline

OBO Principles

6

Ontology Development 101 (OD101)

4

Ontology Design Patterns

2

OntoSpec

2

XOD

1

GoodOD

1

Methontology + OD101

1

Total uses of approaches

16

ad hoc

33