title: Are the current ontologies in biology good ontologies?
abstract: The failure of many bio-ontologies to follow international standards for ontology design and description is hampering their application and threatens to restrict their future use.
authors.affiliation: Computer Science Department, The University of Wales, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3DB, UK. lss@aber.ac.uk
authors.forename: Larisa N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Soldatova
authors.forename: Ross D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D001695:Biology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods; D002965:Classification; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D003198:Computer Simulation; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012313:RNA