RightField: embedding ontology annotation in spreadsheets
RightField: embedding ontology annotation in spreadsheets
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DOI：
10.1093/bioinformatics/btr312
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发表时间：
2011-07-15
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影响因子：
5.8
通讯作者：
Goble, Carole
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作者：
Wolstencroft, Katy;Owen, Stuart;Goble, Carole
动机：在生命科学领域，描述解释和重用实验数据所需的元数据的指南、清单和本体正在出现。然而，数据生产者在使用这种标准方面可能缺乏经验，需要工具来支持这种形式的数据注释。结果：RightField是一个开源应用程序，提供了在Excel电子表格中嵌入生命科学数据本体注释支持的机制。可以将单个单元格、列或行限制在所选本体中允许的类或实例的特定范围内。支持rightfield的电子表格将选择的本体术语作为一个简单的下拉列表呈现给用户，使科学家能够始终如一地注释他们的数据。其结果是“隐式语义注释”，其注释过程更不容易出错、更高效，并且更符合社区标准。
Motivation: In the Life Sciences, guidelines, checklists and ontologies describing what metadata is required for the interpretation and reuse of experimental data are emerging. Data producers, however, may have little experience in the use of such standards and require tools to support this form of data annotation.Results: RightField is an open source application that provides a mechanism for embedding ontology annotation support for Life Science data in Excel spreadsheets. Individual cells, columns or rows can be restricted to particular ranges of allowed classes or instances from chosen ontologies. The RightField-enabled spreadsheet presents selected ontology terms to the users as a simple drop-down list, enabling scientists to consistently annotate their data. The result is 'semantic annotation by stealth', with an annotation process that is less error-prone, more efficient, and more consistent with community standards.