Applications of the ACGT Master Ontology on Cancer

Brochhausen M, Weiler G, Martin L, Cocos C, Stenzhorn H, Graf N, Dörr M, Tsiknakis M, Smith B. In: R. Meersman, Z. Tari, P. Herrero (eds.): OTM 2008 Workshops, LNCS 5333, 2008, 1046-1055.

In this paper we present applications of the ACGT Master Ontology (MO) which is a new terminology resource for a transnational network providing data exchange in oncology, emphasizing the integration of both clinical and molecular data. The development of a new ontology was necessary due to problems with existing biomedical ontologies in oncology. The ACGT MO is a test case for the application of best practices in ontology development. This paper provides an overview of the application of the ontology within the ACGT project thus far.