The session then moved to a discussion of ways to distinguish www.selleckchem.com/products/CP-690550.html and track individual objects and attributes of objects using instance identifiers and how to merge, or align, ontologies representing differing views on reality. The morning of the second day featured presentations by John Wieczorek on the Darwin Core Standard, Dag Endresen on a DNA Extension for Darwin Core, Joel Sachs on the TDWG-RDF interest group, and Norman Morrison on a review of EnvO. In the afternoon session of the second day, Smith wrapped up prior discussions with practical guidance: how to re-use ontologies, principles of singular nouns and understandability, and a critique of DwC terms. Of particular interest was a discussion of strategies employed for managing ontologies and term lists, with examples from the Open Biological and Biomedical Ontologies (OBO) [11].

Finally, the third day consisted of break-out groups, which considered the following topics as they related to earlier discussions: test-bed development, scientific names, the development of a BFO/DwC framework, relationship identifiers, and management structures. Each of the groups delivered a final report and action items. Workshop videos (from Days 1 and 2), workshop documents, and agenda are posted online at http://biocodecommons.org/workshops/sob.html. Bio-Collections Ontology Hackathon, GSC14, Oxford, UK at the Oxford, e-Research Centre, September 19-20, 2012 The Bio-Collections Ontology Hackathon was held in conjunction with GSC14 [12] and located at the Oxford e-Research Centre, Oxford, UK, and was sponsored by RCN4GSC, GSC, Oxford e-Research Centre (OERC) [13], and BiSciCol.

The purposes of this workshop were to undertake a formal definition of samples and sampling processes, formalize the concepts outlined at the SOB workshop as an ontology, and introduce Prot��g�� [14] as a useful ontology Drug_discovery editing tool. Ramona Walls began the workshop by giving an introduction to Prot��g��, so participants could follow the later discussions by directly coding elements themselves. Participants followed along on their laptops while Walls gave practical tips on using Prot��g��, covering core terms from the SOB workshop. On the second day of the hackathon, the term ��sample�� was considered, using BFO, OBI [15], DwC terms, and MIxS checklists to inform possible meanings and use. Using BFO as a conceptual guide, participants drew on available ontologies to construct a draft ontology encompassing samples and sampling processes. Editing was undertaken in Prot��g�� and a draft ontology was completed at the end of the second day and posted at http://code.google.com/p/biocode-commons/.