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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Goksel Misirli, Professor Anil Wipat
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© The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press. Life science researchers use computational models to articulate and test hypotheses about the behavior of biological systems. Semantic annotation is a critical component for enhancing the interoperability and reusability of such models as well as for the integration of the data needed for model parameterization and validation. Encoded as machine-readable links to knowledge resource terms, semantic annotations describe the computational or biological meaning of what models and data represent. These annotations help researchers find and repurpose models, accelerate model composition and enable knowledge integration across model repositories and experimental data stores. However, realizing the potential benefits of semantic annotation requires the development of model annotation standards that adhere to a community-based annotation protocol. Without such standards, tool developers must account for a variety of annotation formats and approaches, a situation that can become prohibitively cumbersome and which can defeat the purpose of linking model elements to controlled knowledge resource terms. Currently, no consensus protocol for semantic annotation exists among the larger biological modeling community. Here, we report on the landscape of current annotation practices among the COmputational Modeling in BIology NEtwork community and provide a set of recommendations for building a consensus approach to semantic annotation.
Author(s): Neal ML, Konig M, Nickerson D, Misirli G, Kalbasi R, Drager A, Atalag K, Chelliah V, Cooling MT, Cook DL, Crook S, De Alba M, Friedman SH, Garny A, Gennari JH, Gleeson P, Golebiewski M, Hucka M, Juty N, Myers C, Olivier BG, Sauro HM, Scharm M, Snoep JL, Toure V, Wipat A, Wolkenhauer O, Waltemath D
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Briefings in Bioinformatics
Year: 2019
Volume: 20
Issue: 2
Pages: 540-550
Print publication date: 01/03/2019
Online publication date: 21/11/2018
Acceptance date: 17/08/2018
Date deposited: 15/04/2019
ISSN (print): 1467-5463
ISSN (electronic): 1477-4054
Publisher: Oxford University Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bby087
DOI: 10.1093/bib/bby087
PubMed id: 30462164
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