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. 2005 Sep;23(9):1095-8.
doi: 10.1038/nbt0905-1095.

Are the current ontologies in biology good ontologies?

Larisa N Soldatova  1 , Ross D King
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Are the current ontologies in biology good ontologies?

Larisa N Soldatova et al. Nat Biotechnol. 2005 Sep.

Abstract

The failure of many bio-ontologies to follow international standards for ontology design and description is hampering their application and threatens to restrict their future use.

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