Modeling biomedical experimental processes with OBI.
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SUBMITTER: Brinkman RR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2903726 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Modeling biomedical experimental processes with OBI.
Brinkman Ryan R RR Courtot Mélanie M Derom Dirk D Fostel Jennifer M JM He Yongqun Y Lord Phillip P Malone James J Parkinson Helen H Peters Bjoern B Rocca-Serra Philippe P Ruttenberg Alan A Sansone Susanna-Assunta SA Soldatova Larisa N LN Stoeckert Christian J CJ Turner Jessica A JA Zheng Jie J
Journal of biomedical semantics 20100622
<h4>Background</h4>Experimental descriptions are typically stored as free text without using standardized terminology, creating challenges in comparison, reproduction and analysis. These difficulties impose limitations on data exchange and information retrieval.<h4>Results</h4>The Ontology for Biomedical Investigations (OBI), developed as a global, cross-community effort, provides a resource that represents biomedical investigations in an explicit and integrative framework. Here we detail three ...[more]
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