Using OWL to model biological knowledge

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 583-594

  Stevens, Robert ^a   Egaña Aranguren, Mikel ^a   Wolstencroft, Katy ^a   Sattler, Ulrike ^a   Drummond, Nick ^a   Horridge, Matthew ^a   Rector, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Biology; Ontology Design Patterns; OWL DL ontology; Phosphatase; Universals

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; ENZYMES; LOGIC PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ONTOLOGY DESIGN PATTERNS (ODPS); PROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; WEB ONTOLOGY LANGUAGE (OWL);

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 34249019488     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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