Open AccessOntologies in Quantitative Biology: A Basis for Comparison, Integration, and Discovery
Author(s) -
Lars Juhl Jensen,
Peer Bork
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000374
Subject(s) - biology , data science , drug discovery , computational biology , ontology , bioinformatics , epistemology , computer science , philosophy
As biology is becoming a data-driven discipline, ontologies become increasingly important for systematically capturing the existing knowledge. This essay discusses current trends and how ontologies can also be used for discovery.
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