title: Notes on the use of ontologies in the biochemical domain.
abstract: In this paper we aim at presenting the main flavours and uses that are given to the term ontology in the bio-domains. The paper does not intend to be a thorough review of the existing work in the area. It highlights the uses that are given to ontologies in the Scientific Databases and Visualisation Group at EML Research, in Heidelberg.
authors.affiliation: Scientific Databases and Visualisation Group, EML Research, Heidelberg, Germany. Isabel.Rojas@eml-r.org
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ratsch
authors.forename: Jasmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saric
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wittig
mesh_terms: D001669:Biochemical Phenomena; D001671:Biochemistry; D019295:Computational Biology; D016208:Databases, Factual; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled