Joe White
Eric Deutsch
draft version
Daniel Schober
Robert Stevens
Frank Gibson
Allyson Lister
Jeffrey Grethe
Alan Ruttenberg
1.0.1213
Philippe Rocca-Serra
James Malone
Liju Fan
Barry Smith
Tanya Gray
Richard Scheuermann
Monnie McGee
Helen Parkinson
Bill Bug
Dawn Field
Ryan R. Brinkman
Ontology for Biomedical Investigation
Susanna-Assunta Sansone
Helen C. Causton
Melanie Courtot
Advisors for this project come from the IFOMIS group, Saarbruecken and from the Co-ODE group in Manchester
Chris Stoeckert
Kevin Clancy
Elisabetta Manduchi
Luisa Montecchi
Daniel Rubin
Stefan Wiemann
An ontology for the annotation of biomedical and functional genomics experiments.
OWL-DL
free, no license required.
Chris Taylor
Cristian Cocos
Jennifer Fostel
en
Gilberto Fragoso
Norman Morrison
Mervi Heiskanen
Trish Whetzel
Tina Hernandez-Boussard
Bjoern Peters
2008-11-28
The Ontology for Biomedical Investigations (OBI) is build in a collaborative, international effort and will serve as a resource for annotating biomedical investigations, including the study design, protocols and instrumentation used, the data generated and the types of analysis performed on the data. This ontology arose from the Functional Genomics Investigation Ontology (FuGO) and will contain both terms that are common to all biomedical investigations, including functional genomics investigations and those that are more domain specific.
buffer role
Philippe Rocca-Serra
buffer
OBI
http://medical.merriam-webster.com/medical/cytometer
A cytometer is an instrument for counting and measuring cells.
cytometer
Melanie Courtot
cytometer
image aquisition function
An image aquisition function is a function to aquire an image of a material
Frank Gibson
image aquisition function
Jennifer Fostel
Clinical laboratory is a worker role involved in carrying out assay protocols on specimens derived from a study; this activity occurs outside the study timeline
Clinical laboratory
clinical laboratory role
source pending
biological feature identification objective
Biological_feature_identification_objective is an objective role carried out by the proposition defining the aim of a study designed to examine or characterize a particular biological feature.
example_of_usage to be added
biological feature identification objective
Jennifer Fostel
Special population is an eligible population role played by a population with characteristics that make it especially important to target for enrollment
Geriatric subset of eligible population
role of being member of special population
Jennifer Fostel
CDISC Definition: special populations. Subsets of study populations of particular interest included in clinical trials to ensure that their specific characteristics are considered in interpretation of data [e.g., geriatric].
Special population
dorsal to
dorsal to
A relational spatial quality where on entity is located toward the back or upper surface of an organism relative to another entity.
protocol application role
analyte measurement objective
is an assay objective to determine the presence or concentration of an analyte in the evaluant
Environmental characteristic variable is a direct experimental factor (role) in which the component which varies is a part of the environment or the environmental history of study participants
source pending
Jennifer Fostel
Environmental characteristic variable
obsolete_Environmental characteristic variable
Varying the collection location for environmental samples in study of chromium levels and effects
excised
OBI Biomaterial
Glioma-like proliferation within tissues excised as tubers in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex. Acta Neuropathol. 2008 Jul;116(1):67-77. PMID: 1858112
Philippe Rocca-Serra
excised is a conferred qualify which inheres in material resulting from an excision process
has_output should be sequence of input; we don't have sequence well defined yet
PlanAndPlannedProcess Branch
sequencing
OBI branch derived
sequencing
the use of a chemical or biochemical means to infer the sequence of a biomaterial
The use of the Sanger method of DNA sequencing to determine the order of the nucleotides in a DNA template
Elisabetta Manduchi
This type of transformation is typically used in flow cytometry.
WEB: http://flowcyt.sourceforge.net/gating/latest.pdf
Joseph Spliden
s transformation
Ryan Brinkman
s transformation
An s transformation is a data transformation obtained by applying the function S described in what follows to a (one dimensional) real number input. S(x)=T*exp(w-m)*(exp(x-w)-(p^2)*exp((w-x)/p)+p^2-1) if x>=w, S(x)=-S(w-x) otherwise; where exp denotes an exponential_transformations, 'p^' denotes the exponential transformation with base p; T, w, m, p are real constants with T, m, and p positive and w non-negative, and where w and p are related by w=2p*ln(p)(p+1) with the objective of normalization.
person:Allyson Lister
A report table is a report display element consisting of a matrix of cells layed out in a grid, some set of which are filled with some information content
obsolete_report table
replaced by IAO_0000097
report table
group:OBI
person:Alan Ruttenberg
Frank Gibson
Daniel Schober
Melanie Courtot
sort function
A sort function is a function to distinguish material components based on some associated physical quality or entity and to partition the separate components into distinct fractions according to a defined order.
James Malone
this class should eventually be removed
source pending
All classes yet to be suitably placed in a hierarchy
obsolete__move to relations?
example_of_usage to be added
repeated measure design
http://www.holah.karoo.net/experimentaldesigns.htm
PMID: 10959922.J Biopharm Stat. 2000 Aug;10(3):433-45.Equivalence in test assay method comparisons for the repeated-measure, matched-pair design in medical device studies: statistical considerations.
PlanAndPlannedProcess Branch
MSI
A repeated measure design is a study design which use the same individuals and exposure them to a set of conditions. The effect of order and practice can be confounding factor in such designs
repeated measure design
Archaea
Archaea
Helen Parkinson
Susanna Sansone
A diplotype is the association of two alleles of a haplotype (or simple gene allele) in a diploid organism.
disomic genotype
haplotype pair
PMID: 11842208. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Feb 19;99(4):2228-33. "...Theory to estimate the covariance D for a random sample of haplotypes or disomic genotypes (diplotypes) may be extended to the association probability...."
PMID:15274749. BMC Genet. 2004 Jul 26;5:20."..The combination of two haplotypes is called the diplotype..."
TCCG/CCTG at the ADH1B
Philippe Rocca-Serra
diplotype
Tina Boussard/PharmGBK
obsolete_diplotype
MC: is diplotype a diploid genotype? (cf haplotype)
PRS: see reference, it stands for disomic genotype and it is also referred to as " The combination of two haplotypes is called the diplotype" from PMID:15274749 even though no details are given on the type of combinaition
is a process to place an administered material into a target location
administering substance
Philippe Rocca-Serra
Helen Parkinson
Bjoern Peters
Alan Ruttenberg
call Jan11 2008: Proposal to keep Biomaterial as name of the branch, but with the following definition: object and has_role (sample role or reagent role).. While Device would be an object and ((has_role some instrument_role) or (has_part some (has_role some instrument_role)))
Daniel Schober
_biomaterial(deprecated)
Susanna Sansone
Melanie Courtot
James Malone
Tina Boussard
Jennifer Fostel
A biomaterial entity is an object of biological origin. definition_source: OBI.
Domain of an object property "has_role_which_can_only_be_played_by_biomaterial_entity" in obi before split, Range: ?role_which_can_only_be_played_by_biomaterial_entity (LF 040907).
_biomaterial(deprecated)
example_of_usage to be added
obsolete__biomaterial(deprecated)
population
population
PMID12564891. Environ Sci Technol. 2003 Jan 15;37(2):223-8. Effects of historic PCB exposures on the reproductive success of the Hudson River striped bass population.
rem1: collection somehow always involve a selection process
adapted from Oxford English Dictionnary
Philippe Rocca-Serra
a population is a collection of individuals from the same taxonomic class living, counted or sampled at a particular site or in a particular area
The addition of a reagent labeling the entire input biomaterial enabling future detection of the output biomaterial
definition blessed by Allyson, Bjoern, Jay & Randi
non-specific labeling
OBI branch derived
non-specific labeling
The addition of phycoerytherin label to an anti-CD8 antibody, to label all antibodies.
PlanAndPlannedProcess Branch
_instrument by virtue of part
PERSON:Alan Ruttenberg
obsolete_gaseous_state
A gaseous state is a state in which the entity is distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container. definition_source: http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gaseous%20state, Jan 3, 2007.
PlanAndPlannedProcess Branch
replaced by IAO_0000104
obsolete_plan specification
a plan is a specification of a process that is realized by an actor to achieve the objective specified as part of the plan
Part of range for an object property is_potentially_realizable_as in obi before split (LF 040907)
PMID: 18323827.Nat Med. 2008 Mar;14(3):226.New plan proposed to help resolve conflicting medical advice.
Alternative previous definition: a plan is a set of instructions that specify how an objective should be achieved
OBI branch derived
Recruited population
CDISC definition: The group of eligible participants that agreed to participate in the trial and signed the informed consent.
Recruited population is an eligible population role played by the set of members who have signed the informed consent form
Jennifer Fostel
Group of people who have agreed to participate, before they are completely enrolled
role of being member of recruited population
Protocol_testing_objective is a methodology_testing_objective role describing a study designed to examine the effects of using different protocols.
Jennifer Fostel
protocol testing objective
example_of_usage to be added
source pending
protocol testing objective
The use of a protease to digest a protein into peptides
a protocol application to digest the fraction of input material that is susceptible to that enzyme
OBI branch derived
PERSON:Kevin Clancy
specific enzymatic cleavage
specific enzymatic cleavage
Note that if the word "sum" is replaced by the word "mean" in the definition, the resulting definition is equivalent.
total intensity transformation single
Helen Parkinson
Elisabetta Manduchi
Melanie Courtot
This can be used as a simple normalization method for expression microarray assays. For example, each intensity from a one-channel microarray assay is multiplied by a constant so that the output mean intensity over the microarray equals a desired target T (the multiplicative constant in this case is the T/(mean intensity)).
OTHER: Adjusted from MGED Ontology
James Malone
total intensity transformation single
A total intensity transformation single is a data transformation that takes as input an n-dimensional (real) vector and multiplies each component of this vector by a coefficient, where the coefficient is obtained by taking the sum of the input components or of a subset of these, multiplied by a constant of choice.
A concentration which relative low.
diluted
diluted
A BioSorter1000 is a flow_cytometer_sorter manufactured by Union Biometrica. It includes analog electronics, 488/514 nm multi-line Argon-ion laser for fluorescence and a light stabilized 670 nm forward scatter laser for extinction and time-of-flight. It has filters and PMTs for 3 fluorescent parameters and photodiodes for scatter, time of flight, and extinction. The flow cell is quartz cuvette. The BioSorterTM 1000 is an instrument for analyzing and sorting objects from 200-600 microns in diameter.
BioSorter 1000 at TSRI Flow Cytometry Core Facility
John Quinn
BioSorter1000
BioSorter1000
http://www.unionbio.com/products/BioSorter.html
obsolete_labware
The class labware is here as a place holder class to accout for entities such as test tubes, beakers, centrifuge tubes etc. It is expected as we identify subclasses we will be in a better position to identify the hierarchy, the definition and possibly the label for this class.
An example of labware are test tubes, petri dishes, glass beakers.
Labware is a device that has low overall complexity and usually facilitates less process steps than other devices. Its low complexity is signified through the fact that it is often regarded as passive (not active). Labware needs a proactive agent (human or computer) to facilitate a process (its intended use).
Daniel Schober
labware
OBI
Guava Personal Cell Analysis
http://www.guavatechnologies.com/main/products/PCA-new.cfm
Guava_PCA
A Guava_Personal_Cell_Analysis System is a flow_cytometer_analyser that includes a single 532 nm laser, and filters and PMTs to collect up to 2 fluorescent parameters. It includes a photodiode forward scatter collector. Guava cytometers use aspiration instead of fluid systems to transport cells within the machine. The PCA96 uses only tubes to introduce specimen. The Guava PCA cytometer is a small portable cytometer particularly useful for field measurement.
Guava Personal Cell Analysis
John Quinn
editor
All classes yet to be suitably placed in a hierarchy
_unclassified
James Malone
_unclassified
this class should be removed
hemoglobin
protein
Susanna Sansone
TERM: CHEBI:16541
Philippe Rocca-Serra
Melanie Courtot
Naturally occurring polypeptides synthesized at the ribosome.(CHEBI)
Proteins are large organic compounds made of amino acids arranged in a linear chain and joined together by peptide bonds between the carboxyl and amino groups of adjacent amino acid residues.
TEMP FOR NOW FOR STRUCTURE - MAY NEED TO REMOVE THIS. JAMES
HAS MADE_UP_OF RELATION WITH POLYPEPTIDE CONCEPT. JAMES
James Malone
WEB: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein
obsolete_protein (obsolete)
The addition of anti-CD8 antibody for an ICCS assay in order to selectively stain the CD8+ cells
OBI branch derived
definition blessed by Allyson, Bjoern, Jay & Randi
specific labeling
PlanAndPlannedProcess Branch
a labeling in which the labeling reagent used has a specificity to bind only certain components of the input material
specific labeling
obsolete__move to information_content_entity
frontal
anterior to
A relational spatial quality where on entity is located toward the front of an organism relative to another entity.
anterior to
PERSON: Elisabetta Manduchi
An average linkage hierarchical clustering is an agglomerative hierarchical clustering which generates successive clusters based on a distance measure, where the distance between two clusters is calculated as the average distance between objects from the first cluster and objects from the second cluster.
Elisabetta Manduchi
average linkage hierarchical clustering
average linkage hierarchical clustering
standard deviation calculation
standard deviation calculation
From Monnie's file comments - need to add spread calculation role but they doesn't exist yet - (editor note added by James Jan 2008)
A standard deviation calculation is a descriptive statistics calculation defined as the square root of the variance. Also thought of as the average distance of each value to the mean.
Monnie McGee
PERSON: Monnie McGee
Monnie McGee
A false discovery rate correction method is a multiple testing procedure that controls for the expected value of the proportion of false positives among the rejected hypotheses.
FDR correction method
false discovery rate correction method
Dudoit, Sandrine and van der Laan, Mark J. (2008) Multiple Testing Procedures with Applications to Genomics. New York: Springer , p. 21
false discovery rate correction method
is the role of the substance that is being detected in a analyte measuring assay
analyte role
plant
Melanie Courtot
obsolete_plant
Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically producing embryos, containing chloroplasts, having cellulose cell walls, and lacking the power of locomotion.
WEB: http://www.answers.com/topic/plant?cat=biz-fin
James Malone
tree
PERSON: James Malone
A mode calulcation is a descriptive statistics calculation in which the mode is calculated which is the most common value in a data set. It is most often used as a measure of center for discrete data.
Monnie McGee
James Malone
From Monnie's file comments - need to add center_calculation role but it doesn't exist yet - (editor note added by James Jan 2008)
mode calculation
mode calculation
PERSON: Monnie McGee