GO-WORDS: An Entropic Approach to Semantic Decomposition of Gene Ontology Terms

GO-WORDS: An Entropic Approach to Semantic Decomposition of Gene Ontology Terms

The Gene Ontology (GO) has a large and growing number of terms that constitute its vocabulary. An entropy-based approach is presented to automate the characterization of the compositional semantics of GO terms. The motivation is to extend the machine-readability of GO and to offer insights for the c...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature precedings 2008-06
Hauptverfasser: Tong, Tuanjie, Lee, Yugyung, Dinakarpandian, Deendayal
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The Gene Ontology (GO) has a large and growing number of terms that constitute its vocabulary. An entropy-based approach is presented to automate the characterization of the compositional semantics of GO terms. The motivation is to extend the machine-readability of GO and to offer insights for the continued maintenance and growth of GO. A proto-type implementation illustrates the benefits of the approach.
ISSN:1756-0357
1756-0357
DOI:10.1038/npre.2008.1933.1