With the DataPLANT biology ontology (DPBO), DataPLANT provides an intermediate ontology that acts as a broker and bridge between the individual researcher/domain experts and main ontology providers.
You can visualize the class tree of the DPBO and browse for terms at the TIB terminology service with the following link: https://terminology.tib.eu/ts/ontologies/dpbo/terms .
DPBO enables easy and agile collection of missing vocabulary as well as relationships between terms for (meta)data annotation using DataPLANT’s Swate tool.
DPBO formerly had the namespace NFDI4PSO, which is now obsolete. Old NFDI4PSO terms correspond to the DPBO term with the same accession number. For example, NFDI4PSO:0000011 (obsolete) corresponds to the term DPBO:0000011.
We welcome every contribution! If a specific term, relationship or an existing external ontology needed for annotating your data with Swate is missing from the DataPLANT database, you can open an issue. We provide a variety of issue templates depending on your wishes:
- Add new term: Suggest a new term to be added to DPBO
- Import term: Suggest a term to import from a registered ontology into DPBO
- Import ontology: Request the import of an already existing ontology into the SwateDB if you need >60% of terms from the ontology to annotate your data
- Add synonym: Suggest a synonym for an already existing DPBO term
- Fix/add xref: Suggest a new xref or report issue about an incorrect xref
- Custom template: For all other issues or concerns
How to submit a new issue:
- Go to the Issues tab
- Click on New issue
- Choose a template or open a blank issue
- Fill in the issue template with the following information:
| Issue Template | Mandatory information | Optional Information |
|---|---|---|
| Add new term | - Name of the term to be added - Term description and a link to the definition source |
- Parent and/or child terms already in DPBO - Synonyms and/or xrefs for the proposed terms - Your ORCID for microattribution |
| Import term | - Term name and id (accession number) - URI where the term can be found |
- Parent and/or child terms already in DPBO - The reason for import - Your ORCID for microattribution |
| Import ontology | - Name and URI of the already existing ontology to be imported | - The reason to import the ontology |
| Add synonym | - Term name and ID - Synonym to be added |
- Scope of the synonym - Reasoning for adding the synonym - Your ORCID for microattribution |
| Fix/add xref | - Term name and ID where the xref should be added or fixed - Xref to be added or fixed |
- Comments - Your ORCID for microattribution |
| Custom template | - Comments describing the issue | - Type of issue |
- Click on Submit new issue to validate your entry. We will get back to you soon!
You can contact the ontology curators via the Issues tab or our Helpdesk. We look forward to hearing from you!