Introduction to Bio-Ontologies
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On Sunday February 5 the Plant Ontology Consortium will host a tutorial on bio-ontologies in the New York Botanical Gardens
9AM-9:30AM Introductions (Dennis Stevenson, Vice President, New York Botanical Gardens)
9:30AM-11:00AM Introduction to Bio-Ontologies (Barry Smith)
- What is an ontology and what is it for?
- Ontology success stories in the life sciences
- The bio-ontologies landscape
- How to build your first ontology
11:15AM-12:30PM Introduction to the Plant Ontology (Ramona Walls)
- Organization of the Plant Ontology
- Plant Ontology relations
- Plant Ontology definitions
- Neighboring ontologies of Traits (TO) and Phenotypes (PATO)
- Different types of plant data made available through the Plant Ontology
This tutorial is open to the public. If you are interested in attending please contact Ramona Walls at <rwalls@nybg.org> before February 1, 2012.