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Ontologies in the life sciences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2002

ROBIN McENTIRE
Affiliation:
GlaxoSmithKline; e-mail: Robin_A_McEntire@gsk.com

Abstract

This paper describes the need for ontologies in the life sciences, some work that has been done already on the development of ontologies and languages for the exchange of life sciences objects, some important problems in the field where ontologies provide critical benefit and some of the organisations that are facilitating this work.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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