Notes on the use of ontologies in the biochemical domain

In Silico Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-96

  Rojas, Isabel ^a   Ratsch, Esther ^a   Saric, Jasmin ^a   Wittig, Ulrike ^a  

^a EML Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biochemical information; Databases; Formal ontology; Information extraction

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DATABASES, GENETIC; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 2642568335     PISSN: 13866338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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