The Ontology for Biomedical Investigations (OBI)
From the webpage:
The Ontology for Biomedical Investigations (OBI) project is developing an integrated ontology for the description of biological and clinical investigations. This includes a set of ‘universal’ terms, that are applicable across various biological and technological domains, and domain-specific terms relevant only to a given domain. This ontology will support the consistent annotation of biomedical investigations, regardless of the particular field of study. The ontology will represent the design of an investigation, the protocols and instrumentation used, the material used, the data generated and the type analysis performed on it. Currently OBI is being built under the Basic Formal Ontology (BFO).
- Develop an Ontology for Biomedical Investigations in collaboration with groups representing different biological and technological domains involved in Biomedical Investigations
- Make OBI compatible with other bio-ontologies
- Develop OBI using an open source approach
- Create a valuable resource for the biomedical communities to provide a source of terms for consistent annotation of investigations
An ontology that will be of interest if you are integrating biomedical materials.
At least as a starting point.
My listing of ontologies, vocabularies, etc., for any field are woefully incomplete for any field and represent at best starting points for your own, more comprehensive investigations. If you do find these starting points useful, please send pointers to your more complete investigations for any field.