Milestones

Milestones

• Drafts
  • Complete draft of definitions

• Bring in outside expertise
  • Richard Scheuermann (UTSW, BioHealthBase BRC)
  • Lindsay Cowell(Duke, IDO)

• Demonstrate the value of ontology
  • Select a use case
    • CEIRS

• IDO Meeting, Buffalo, New York, September 16-17, 2008
  • Present influenza ontology

• OBO submission
  • Submit to OBO
  • OBO Foundry Principles: http://www.obofoundry.org/crit.shtml
  • Recommended by Barry Smith:
    • http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/manual
    • http://ontology.buffalo.edu/medo/NCIT.pdf
    • http://ontology.buffalo.edu/medo/errors.pdf

• Journal article
  • Incorporate IDO feedback
  • Prepare
  • Submit

• Get a drink!

Notes: Need to add date of meetings, etc

Accomplishments

• ISMB Conference, July 19-23, Toronto
  • Submitted two posters
• Completed draft of ontology strucuture in OBO format