Ontology Development
This group's purpose is to ensure that the Gene Ontology represents biology in a way that is useful for gene product annotation of reference genomes and other MODs using the GO for annotation. The group serves as the link between biological knowledge that is gained from wet-bench scientists and the representation of that knowledge in the GO. Members of the group are responsible for reporting areas of the GO that need development and for suggesting changes and additions to the GO as needs arise. Members of the group serve as biological experts in domains that are covered by their organism. They are responsible for reviewing changes to be sure that they accurately reflect our current understanding of biology.
Administrative
Content Development
Priority ranking
- High Priority
- Taxon data & sensu revamp
- Function-Process Links
- Regulation Main Page
- Transporters
- Correct disjointness violations
- Medium Priority
- Low priority
- Response to drug
- Peripheral nervous system development
- Signaling overhaul
- Make cc part_of tree complete (i.e. find homes for the children of 'unlocalized protein complex')
- Virus-related terms (Michelle Gwinn Giglio & Ariane Toussaint)
- IMG mapping
Timeline
Current content work
- PAMGO collaboration, phase 2 - Ongoing (as of Jan. 2007)
- Collaboration with MIT GO-Engineering - Ongoing; meeting March 2007
- Taxon data & sensu revamp - Ongoing (Feb. 2007)
- Muscle Development - Started Feb. 2007; meeting July 2007
- Transporters - Started Feb. 2007
- Gene expression (SF 1418820) - now
- RNA processing - Ongoing
- Function-Process Links - TBD
- Regulation Main Page - TBD
- Cell cross-products - TBD
- Plant terms
- Cardiovascular physiology/development
Future content work
- Response to drug
- Peripheral nervous system development
- Signaling overhaul
- Make cc part_of tree complete
- Correct disjointness violations
- Virus-related terms (Michelle Gwinn Giglio & Ariane Toussaint)
- IMG mapping
- Chaperones
Selected SourceForge links
Completed content work
- Immunology Revisions
- Central Nervous System Development
- is_a complete biological process
- PAMGO collaboration, phase 1
Other Ontology Development Group Activities
Reports
Beginning with the November 2006 document, reports include two sections: the first focuses on ontology development work, and the second gives an overview of the rest of the GO Editorial Office staff activities (to avoid redundancy, the latter may cross-reference other management group reports). Reports issued earlier are not so divided, and have a GO Editorial Office-centric perspective, but do cover a substantial portion of the GOC's ontology development work.
- November 2006-present Combined Ontology Development and GO Editorial Office reports
- July 2005-October 2006 GO Editorial Office reports