OBO EDIT: A TOOL FOR CLASSIFING THE BIOLOGICAL DATA

Abstract

Classification of the huge amount of information got more attention since the concept semantic web developed. The sharing of information between people and application efficiently is an important concern of last few decade. Many classification techniques like taxonomy, keyword, thesaurus, data model and ontology exist to classify and defining different biological concepts. To avoid replication and provide conceptual, syntactic and semantic view of data computer scientists adopt ‘ontology’ for classification. Open Biomedical Ontology Editor (OBO-Editor) is a tool that provides a common platform to share different biomedical and biological information under an umbrella.