foods in Gemina

[cmungall]

The following are terms from the Gemina ontology we'd like to have incorporated into EnvO (slashes indicate parentage in Gemina). I think they would be added under "food": food/beverage beverage/apple cider (no cider, but an apple juice) apple cider/unpasteurized apple cider orange juice orange juice/unpasteurized orange juice cheese/unpasteurized cheese dairy product/egg milk/breast milk milk/unpasteurized milk dessert dessert/cake dessert/cake/cake icing dessert/chocolate dessert/custard beef/ground beef meat/poultry poultry/duck poultry/goose poultry/turkey food/mushroom food/plant plant/bean fruit/cantaloupe plant/peanut vegetable/spinach salad/potato salad salad/salad dressing seafood/clam seafood/oyster seafood/shellfish

Original comment by: agussman

[cmungall]

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I think all these terms should be added, however their parent class "food" raises an interesting issue that probably requires further discussion...

If the scope of the Environment Ontology is to describe the Environment relative to a particular organism or biological sample, then these terms are not "food" to all things. Perhaps they can either be more accurately grouped under "human food" or should we consider an alternative form of hierarchical classification? Any thoughts from the philospophers amongst us?

"What is food to one man is bitter poison to others." - Lucretius

Original comment by: normanmorrison

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[cmungall]

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I don't have any ideas for alternative hierarchies, but things like diary products could also be children of a (human) food term as well as a 'biological products' term.

One of the potential difficulties I see with the representation of food terms is their relationship (if any) to their 'pre-prepared' term that might also be in EnvO or another ontology. For instance, if EnvO has a 'mushrooms' term, does it need a dbxref (or something) to the appropriate taxid under Fungi in the ncbi taxonomy?

Original comment by: agussman

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Original comment by: agussman

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These terms will be incorporated into a food ontology, which I am currently working on. Lynn

Original comment by: lynn_schriml

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Original comment by: lynn_schriml

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terms added to envo

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