Tree of Sex ontology

The Tree of Sex Ontology (TOSO) covers any trait related to reproduction included in the Tree of Sex database and will be constructed by the members of the Tree of Sex initiative

General Introduction

'[July 2024]'

This initial version of ToS Ontology aims to create a minimal ontology that could capture the first instance of the ToS database; This ontology will be the proof of concept and an example to define and refine the workflow of the TOSO contributors.

ToS Ontology will be an “application ontology”, meaning it will aim to reuse as many terms of other ontologies in it; Only terms that are not suitably defined elsewhere, will be added with a definition.

Primarily we would like the terms to be sourced from OBO Foundry ontologies - the starting place to look is PATO, [GO]() and then expand with other selected OBO Foundry ontologies.

Ontology Scope

What is the domain that the ontology will cover?

• Any trait related to reproduction included in the Tree of Sex database

For what we are going to use the ontology?

• Formalise concepts adopted by the ToS consortium and database
• Data validation of the ToS database
• Advanced browsing of the database using parent terms, synonyms and so on;
• Aid selection of keywords by the Literature Search Operations Team
• Facilitate the integration of fields and values by the Database Integration Operations Team

For what types of questions the information in the ontology should provide answers?

• Reproductive biology
• Sex determination systems

Who will use and maintain the ontology?

• TOSO is an open-source ontology
• Public can suggest terms
• ToS Ontology Operations Team can revise
• Anyone can join the ontology team

Additional Information

• More information can be found at http://obofoundry.org/ontology/toso
• Also visit the Tree of sex website for consortium and database updates

Versions

Stable release versions

The latest version of the ontology can always be found at:

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/toso.owl

(note this will not show up until the request has been approved by obofoundry.org)

Editors' version

Editors of this ontology should use the edit version, src/ontology/toso-edit.owl

Contact

Please use this GitHub repository's Issue tracker to request new terms/classes or report errors or specific concerns related to the ontology.

Acknowledgements

This ontology repository was created using the Ontology Development Kit (ODK).