t; > could work together.
> > * The class 'Chip type' should be removed and be
> > replaced by
> > subclasses of 'chip', e.g., 'chip (human)', 'chip
> > (mouse)' etc.
> > * Some of the object properties appear like they
> > are intended
> > to be datatype properties (e.g., 'has proteome id').
> > * Many of the datatype properties could be
> > replaced with object
> > properties, possibly referring to third party
> > ontologies -- of
> > course this would require a richer ontology and
> > more work spent
> > on creating mappings. 'has molecular function'
> > could refer to
> > entities from the gene ontology, 'has associated
> > organ' could
> > refer to an ontology about anatomy and so on.
> > * Object properties and their ranges are quite redundant.
> > Property 'has reagent' has range 'Reagent', property 'has
> > treatment' has range'Treatment' and so on. Maybe
> > the ontology
> > could be designed in such a way that there are only some
> > generic properties such as 'has part'. This would make the
> > ontology much easier to maintain, query and
> > understand in the
> > long term.
> > * It is unclear how 'Gene list' is intended to be used.
> > * 'Hardware' and 'Software' should not be subclasses of
> > 'Protocol'.
> >
> >
> > Many of the datatype properties in this ontology look very
> > interesting and might provide requirements for other
> > ontologies. It would be great if some of them could be
> > described/commented in more detail so that we
> > know more about
> > the requirements that motivated the creation of these
> > properties.
> >
> > I hope that was somewhat helpful.
> >
> > cheers,
> > Matthias Samwald
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > William Bug, M.S., M.Phil.
> > email:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Ontological Engineer (Programmer Analyst III) work: (610) 457-0443
> > Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN)
> > and
> > National Center for Microscopy&Imaging Research (NCMIR)
> > Dept. of Neuroscience, School of Medicine
> > University of California, San Diego
> > 9500 Gilman Drive
> > La Jolla, CA 92093
> >
> > Please note my email has recently changed
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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The Proteomics Standards Initiative have developed a Community Practice
document on "Guidelines for the development of Controlled Vocabularies. This
document was designed initially to guide the development of the PSI and MSI
Controlled vocabularies. However it may be suitable across domains
