Ontology for Parasite Life Cycle
What is Parasite Lifecycle Ontology (PLO)? |
PLO models the life cycle stage details of T.cruzi and two related kinetoplastids, Trypanosoma brucei and Leishmania major. In addition, the ontology also models necessary contextual details such as host information, vector information, strain and anatomical location. All the entities in the ontology are linked to each other by explicitly modeled named relationships that will enable software applications to accurately interpret data annotated with this ontology. For example, “Trypanosoma_cruzi→has_vector_organism→triatominae”. The PLO is modeled in the W3C Web Ontology Language (OWL) standard and currently has 41 classes and 5 properties with a description logic expressivity of ALU. PLO (ver 0.1) is released through NCBO’s BioPortal repository for public use. |