The Montagues and the Capulets
2004

The Montagues and the Capulets

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Author Information

Author(s): Carole Goble, Chris Wroe

Primary Institution: The University of Manchester

Conclusion

The paper discusses the need for collaboration between computer scientists and life scientists in developing ontologies for bioinformatics.

Supporting Evidence

  • Over 700 people attended the opening paper of the ontology track at ISMB 2004.
  • The Gene Ontology has over 18,000 concepts with wide adoption.
  • The paper highlights the need for controlled vocabularies in life sciences.

Takeaway

This study talks about how two groups, computer scientists and life scientists, need to work together to better understand and organize biological information.

Methodology

The paper is a write-up of a plenary talk discussing the roles and conflicts between different scientific communities in ontology development.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1002/cfg.442

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