A short study on the success of the Gene Ontology

Michael Bada; Robert Stevens; Carole Goble; Yolanda Gil; Michael Ashburner; Judith A. Blake; J. Michael Cherry; Midori Harris; Suzanna Lewis

doi:10.1016/j.websem.2003.12.003

A short study on the success of the Gene Ontology

Michael Bada, Robert Stevens, Carole Goble, Yolanda Gil, Michael Ashburner, Judith A. Blake, J. Michael Cherry, Midori Harris, Suzanna Lewis

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Abstract

While most ontologies have been used only by the groups who created them and for their initially defined purposes, the Gene Ontology (GO), an evolving structured controlled vocabulary of nearly 16,000 terms in the domain of biological functionality, has been widely used for annotation of biological-database entries and in biomedical research. As a set of learned lessons offered to other ontology developers, we list and briefly discuss the characteristics of GO that we believe are most responsible for its success: community involvement; clear goals; limited scope; simple, intuitive structure; continuous evolution; active curation; and early use. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	235-240
Number of pages	5
Journal	Web Semantics
Volume	1
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.websem.2003.12.003
Publication status	Published - 2004

Keywords

Annotation
Biological database
Gene Ontology
Ontology development

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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A short study on the success of the Gene Ontology

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