The latest version of NIFSTD is accessible in BioPortal at
http://bioportal.bioontology.org/virtual/1084 (Note: the URL with 'virtual'
will always point to the latest version).
Trish
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Maryann Martone <maryann@ncmir.ucsd.edu>wrote:
> It is there. I know that Fahim uploaded the latest; I don't know if it's
> exposed yet. The Bioportal has had some troubles with the modular design,
> but I think most have been worked out
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> On Sep 1, 2009, at 12:12 PM, Helen Parkinson wrote:
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> Having the NIFSTD in bioportal would be ideal, we will always defer to NIF
>> for neuroscience terms,
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>> best
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>> Helen
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>> Kei Cheung wrote:
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>>> Nigam Shah wrote:
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>>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Helen Parkinson <parkinson@ebi.ac.uk<mailto:
>>>> parkinson@ebi.ac.uk>> wrote:
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>>>> The performance depends largely on how well the ontology is
>>>> aligned with the input data, for this reason we developed our own
>>>> ontology.
>>>>
>>>> This is very true. However, if there is already an existing ontology
>>>> that matches the input data well (e.g. the NCI Thesaurus in case of Tissue
>>>> Microarray Annotations in TMAD (http://tma.stanford.edu/) .. then its
>>>> possible to use the annotator tool at NCBO (
>>>> http://bioportal.bioontology.org/annotate).
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Nigam.
>>>>
>>> I notice that EFO is accessible through BioPortal. As the Neurolex group
>>> is in the process of updating NIFSTD, perhaps the new version of NIFSTD may
>>> also be made accessible through BioPortal when it's ready.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> -Kei
>>>
>>>
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> Maryann Martone
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> Dept of Neurosciences
> University of California, San Diego
> San Diego, CA 92093-0446
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