Abstract
Identification of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) has been significantly improved over the past decade. On the other hand, semantic annotation of ncRNA data is facing critical challenges due to the lack of a comprehensive ontology to serve as common data elements and data exchange standards in the field. We developed the Non-Coding RNA Ontology (NCRO) to handle this situation. By providing a formally defined ncRNA controlled vocabulary, the NCRO aims to fill a specific and highly needed niche in semantic annotation of large amounts of ncRNA biological and clinical data.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 214-232 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- Bio-ontologies
- Domain ontology
- Non-coding RNA
- Ontology development
- Reference ontology
- Semantic data annotation