Open AccessThe ESF programme on ‘Integrated Approaches to Functional Genomics’. Workshop on ‘Ontology for Biology’
Author(s) -
Bernardi Luca,
Rojas Isabel,
van der Vet Paul
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
comparative and functional genomics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1532-6268
pISSN - 1531-6912
DOI - 10.1002/cfg.252
Subject(s) - ontology , gene ontology , genomics , functional genomics , data science , computational biology , computer science , biology , genome , genetics , gene , philosophy , epistemology , gene expression
Ontologies are finding increasing use in all kinds of computer applications, and applications in biology are no exception. The main objective of this workshop was to bring together scientists of various disciplines, such as biologists, computer scientists, philosophers and computer linguists, who are working on, or are interested in, the development of ontologies in biology and related fields. We wanted to share experiences, methods, ontologies and tools. The invitation to the speakers mentioned four main questions to focus the discussion: