Metadata used to describe classes in EFO
Below a table summarising the metadata used in EFO:
| Class label. |
RDFS:label |
| Textual definition of class. |
definition |
| A referential mapping of the class to other equivalent classes in external ontologies or resources. |
definition_citation |
| Synonym of the class label. |
alternative_term |
| Curator responsible for creating and/or editing the class. |
definition_editor |
| An example demonstrating how the class may be used. |
example_of_usage |
| Explanation describing why a class has been made obsolete, providing audit trail. |
reason_for_obsolescence |
| An EFO version number capturing when a class was made obsolete. |
obsolete_in_version |
| Given value ‘true’ to flag classes that are structural in nature, such as upper ontology classes. While important for ontology engineering, such classes are hidden from Atlas presentation layer as they have proved confusing to users. |
organizational_class |
Mappings to external ontologies
Note this list is autogenerated on every release:
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Data model and process documentation
Workflow of EFO development and curation is available from here. Atlas
data model is available below (click the image for higher resolution):
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