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With the explosion of information in the biomedical domain, it has become much harder for scientists to access knowledge and experimental data with rapidity and accuracy. The NCBO is currently developing products and solutions that will advance biology and medicine by enhancing the structured organization of knowledge and improving access to large repositories of biomedical knowledge and data.   
 
With the explosion of information in the biomedical domain, it has become much harder for scientists to access knowledge and experimental data with rapidity and accuracy. The NCBO is currently developing products and solutions that will advance biology and medicine by enhancing the structured organization of knowledge and improving access to large repositories of biomedical knowledge and data.   
  
=NCBO Source Code Repository=
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=NCBO Virtual Appliance=
NCBO source code for all products and solutions can be found on our [NCBO GForge site|https://bmir-gforge.stanford.edu/gf/project/ncbo/].
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If you would like to install your own local instance of BioPortal, please review the documentation for the [http://www.bioontology.org/wiki/index.php/Category:NCBO_Virtual_Appliance Virtual Appliance] and contact [mailto:support@bioontology.org Support] to request the virtual appliance.
  
=NCBO Products=
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=NCBO Software=
Below are developer links associated with the various NCBO products and solutions.
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Below are developer links for NCBO software items.
  
==BioPortal 2.0==
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==BioPortal==
Focus: Browsing Biomedical Ontologies
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Focus: Browsing and searching biomedical ontologies.
  
The following two document describe the BioPortal 2.0 REST web service APIs.
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BioPortal provides access via both Web browsers and Web services to biomedical ontologies. Features include browsing, searching and exploring biomedical ontologies. BioPortal also contains mappings between ontologies and facilitates point-to-point mappings to be added as well as bulk upload of mappings. The Notes feature allows comments to be added to individual ontology terms for discussion with the ontology curators. The Project section of BioPortal contains a list of ontology-based projects. Login and add your ontology-based project to the list!
  
[[Media:BioPortal2.0 User Guide v4.doc|BioPortal 2.0 REST Web Service URL Documentation]]
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Additional features include a text annotation tool where the user can select any or all ontologies in BioPortal to use for the annotation. One can also search ontology-indexed resources such as GEO (Gene Expression Omnibus), ClinicalTrials.gov, and Reactome through BioPortal.  
  
[[Media:BioPortal2.0_Admin_Guide_v2.doc|BioPortal 2.0 REST Web Service URL Documentation (with Admin role)]]
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===NCBO Web Services ===
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All BioPortal REST web service calls '''MUST append a search query parameter''' with the pattern of "email=YourEmail". Note that some clients may need to use a URL encoded email address, for example ''user@example.edu'' would look like ''user%40example.edu''. This is critical to ensure we can maintain the quality of service expected for you as our customer. Later in 2009, we may start challenging REST service calls that do not have this parameter.  In the meantime, please start adding this URL parameter to all your web service invocations.
  
===Local Installation===
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- See [[NCBO_REST_services|NCBO Web services]] for API documentation and examples.
In cases where partners need to do a local install of BioPortal 2.0, the following two links should provide the necessary instructions to complete the deployment.
 
  
[https://bmir-gforge.stanford.edu/gf/project/bioportal_core/ BioPortal 2.0 Core GForge Site]
 
  
[[Media:Bioportal_Deployment.doc|BioPortal 2.0 Core Installation Guide]]
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Previous documentation:
  
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[[Media:BioPortal2.0 User Guide v4.doc|BioPortal 2.0 REST Web Service URL Documentation]]
  
[https://bmir-gforge.stanford.edu/gf/project/bioportalui/ BioPortal 2.0 UI GForge Site]
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[[Media:BioPortal2.0_Admin_Guide_v2.doc|BioPortal 2.0 REST Web Service URL Documentation (with Admin role)]]
  
[[Media:Bioportal_GUI_Deployment.doc|BioPortal 2.0 UI Installation Guide]]
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===Widgets===
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See [[NCBO_Widgets|Widgets]] for information on how to add BioPortal widgets to your web site.
  
===Release Notes===
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===Local Installation===
[[BioPortal 2.0.1 (Label 1005) Release Notes]] - 9/19/2008
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If you would like to install your own local instance of BioPortal, please review the documentation for the [http://www.bioontology.org/wiki/index.php/Category:NCBO_Virtual_Appliance Virtual Appliance] and contact [mailto:support@bioontology.org Support] to request the virtual appliance.
  
==Open Biomedical Resources==
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==NCBO Resource Index==
 
Focus: Using Ontologies to Access Public Data
 
Focus: Using Ontologies to Access Public Data
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Formerly named Open Biomedical Resources.
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Technical documentation, prototypes and products will be available here: [[Resource_Index|NCBO Resource Index]]
  
Technical documentation, prototypes and products will be available here:
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==NCBO Annotator==
http://obs.bioontology.org/
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Focus:  Using Ontologies to Annotate Your Data.
 
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Formerly the Open Biomedical Annotator.
==Open Biomedical Annotator==
 
Focus:  Using Ontologies to Annotate Your Data
 
  
Technical documentation, prototypes and products will be available here:
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Technical documentation, prototypes and products will be available here: [[Annotator_Web_service|NCBO Annotator]].
http://obs.bioontology.org/
 
  
==UMLS Services==
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==UMLS Web Services==
The UMLS Services pertain to a number of internally reusable services and APIs. Our [[UMLS REST Services]] are currently deployed on our local Staging services.  We will continue to solidify and merge our recent research advancements.  Once the merge has been completed, we will transition the services to Production.
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Web services to access UMLS terminologies are now available as one of the [[BioPortal_REST_services|NCBO Web services]].
  
 
==Developer Documentation Under Development==
 
==Developer Documentation Under Development==
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===NCBO PURL Server===
 
===NCBO PURL Server===
 
Focus:  Providing URIs for Biomedical Concepts
 
Focus:  Providing URIs for Biomedical Concepts
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The NCBO PURL server is accessible at http://purl.bioontology.org.
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===BioPortal Repository Plugin for Protege 4 ===
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Focus: Leveraging BioPortal Ontologies in Protege 4
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[[BioPortal Repository Plugin for Protege 4]] - Documentation Under Construction
  
 
=NCBO Partner Development=
 
=NCBO Partner Development=
 
This section presents links to NCBO partners who are deploying and/or contributing to the NCBO software code-base.
 
This section presents links to NCBO partners who are deploying and/or contributing to the NCBO software code-base.
  
==Monterey Bay Aquarium==
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==Marine Metadata Interoperability==
A subsidiary of Monterey Bay Aquarium, MMI, is deploying the BioPortal 2.0 software as a basis for their "MMI Ontology Registry and Repository" for their marine science community.
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The Marine Metadata Interoperability project is deploying the BioPortal 2.0 software as a basis for their "MMI Ontology Registry and Repository" for their marine science community. MMI is an NSF-funded organization made up of primary investigators from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System, Southeastern Universities Research Association, Texas A&M University, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and San Diego Supercomputing Center.
  
 
*For more information about MMI, please peruse their web site:  http://marinemetadata.org/
 
*For more information about MMI, please peruse their web site:  http://marinemetadata.org/
 
*Information about ongoing Ontology Repository architecture, design, and development is accessible from the following page:  [[MMI Development]]
 
*Information about ongoing Ontology Repository architecture, design, and development is accessible from the following page:  [[MMI Development]]
*The MMI Ontology Repository is currently under construction (development server:  http://mmisw.org/or).
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*The MMI Ontology Repository is nearing a public release (location:  http://mmisw.org/or).
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==OOR==
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The Ontology Open Repository (OOR) initiative is using the BioPortal 2.x software as a basis for their first "OOR" deployment to begin serving its diverse communities.  The OOR promotes global use and sharing of ontologies by:
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*Establishing a host registry-repository
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*Enabling and facilitating open, federated, collaborative ontology repositories
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*Establishing best practices for expressing interoperable ontology and taxonomy work in registry-repositories.
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The "NCBO-OOR" will be executed in two phases:
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1) NCBO-OOR Sandbox - Deployment of the BioPortal software for the upcoming February 19, 2009 OOR panel meeting.
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2) NCBO-OOR Production - Deployment of the BioPortal software in early March 2009.
  
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For OOR developers who have interest in contributing to the NCBO-OOR development, please start by perusing the [[NCBO-OOR Development]] page.  For more information about OOR, please visit the following URL:  http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR
  
 
==National Cancer Institute==
 
==National Cancer Institute==
 
The NCI has leveraged BioPortal 1.0 software as a basis for their Terminology Browser which is accessible from the following URL:  http://bioportal.nci.nih.gov/
 
The NCI has leveraged BioPortal 1.0 software as a basis for their Terminology Browser which is accessible from the following URL:  http://bioportal.nci.nih.gov/

Latest revision as of 18:44, 26 October 2012

With the explosion of information in the biomedical domain, it has become much harder for scientists to access knowledge and experimental data with rapidity and accuracy. The NCBO is currently developing products and solutions that will advance biology and medicine by enhancing the structured organization of knowledge and improving access to large repositories of biomedical knowledge and data.

NCBO Virtual Appliance

If you would like to install your own local instance of BioPortal, please review the documentation for the Virtual Appliance and contact Support to request the virtual appliance.

NCBO Software

Below are developer links for NCBO software items.

BioPortal

Focus: Browsing and searching biomedical ontologies.

BioPortal provides access via both Web browsers and Web services to biomedical ontologies. Features include browsing, searching and exploring biomedical ontologies. BioPortal also contains mappings between ontologies and facilitates point-to-point mappings to be added as well as bulk upload of mappings. The Notes feature allows comments to be added to individual ontology terms for discussion with the ontology curators. The Project section of BioPortal contains a list of ontology-based projects. Login and add your ontology-based project to the list!

Additional features include a text annotation tool where the user can select any or all ontologies in BioPortal to use for the annotation. One can also search ontology-indexed resources such as GEO (Gene Expression Omnibus), ClinicalTrials.gov, and Reactome through BioPortal.

NCBO Web Services

All BioPortal REST web service calls MUST append a search query parameter with the pattern of "email=YourEmail". Note that some clients may need to use a URL encoded email address, for example user@example.edu would look like user%40example.edu. This is critical to ensure we can maintain the quality of service expected for you as our customer. Later in 2009, we may start challenging REST service calls that do not have this parameter. In the meantime, please start adding this URL parameter to all your web service invocations.

- See NCBO Web services for API documentation and examples.


Previous documentation:

BioPortal 2.0 REST Web Service URL Documentation

BioPortal 2.0 REST Web Service URL Documentation (with Admin role)

Widgets

See Widgets for information on how to add BioPortal widgets to your web site.

Local Installation

If you would like to install your own local instance of BioPortal, please review the documentation for the Virtual Appliance and contact Support to request the virtual appliance.

NCBO Resource Index

Focus: Using Ontologies to Access Public Data Formerly named Open Biomedical Resources. Technical documentation, prototypes and products will be available here: NCBO Resource Index

NCBO Annotator

Focus: Using Ontologies to Annotate Your Data. Formerly the Open Biomedical Annotator.

Technical documentation, prototypes and products will be available here: NCBO Annotator.

UMLS Web Services

Web services to access UMLS terminologies are now available as one of the NCBO Web services.

Developer Documentation Under Development

NCBO PURL Server

Focus: Providing URIs for Biomedical Concepts

The NCBO PURL server is accessible at http://purl.bioontology.org.

BioPortal Repository Plugin for Protege 4

Focus: Leveraging BioPortal Ontologies in Protege 4

BioPortal Repository Plugin for Protege 4 - Documentation Under Construction

NCBO Partner Development

This section presents links to NCBO partners who are deploying and/or contributing to the NCBO software code-base.

Marine Metadata Interoperability

The Marine Metadata Interoperability project is deploying the BioPortal 2.0 software as a basis for their "MMI Ontology Registry and Repository" for their marine science community. MMI is an NSF-funded organization made up of primary investigators from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System, Southeastern Universities Research Association, Texas A&M University, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and San Diego Supercomputing Center.

  • For more information about MMI, please peruse their web site: http://marinemetadata.org/
  • Information about ongoing Ontology Repository architecture, design, and development is accessible from the following page: MMI Development
  • The MMI Ontology Repository is nearing a public release (location: http://mmisw.org/or).

OOR

The Ontology Open Repository (OOR) initiative is using the BioPortal 2.x software as a basis for their first "OOR" deployment to begin serving its diverse communities. The OOR promotes global use and sharing of ontologies by:

  • Establishing a host registry-repository
  • Enabling and facilitating open, federated, collaborative ontology repositories
  • Establishing best practices for expressing interoperable ontology and taxonomy work in registry-repositories.

The "NCBO-OOR" will be executed in two phases:

1) NCBO-OOR Sandbox - Deployment of the BioPortal software for the upcoming February 19, 2009 OOR panel meeting.

2) NCBO-OOR Production - Deployment of the BioPortal software in early March 2009.

For OOR developers who have interest in contributing to the NCBO-OOR development, please start by perusing the NCBO-OOR Development page. For more information about OOR, please visit the following URL: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR

National Cancer Institute

The NCI has leveraged BioPortal 1.0 software as a basis for their Terminology Browser which is accessible from the following URL: http://bioportal.nci.nih.gov/