The Purpose of this Blog

The purpose of this blog is bring the latest developments in the world of ontology into one place for information, discussion, and dissemination.

To get an idea of what this blog is (or will be) about, here are some links, in no particular order:

1. Wikipedia definition of ontology
2. Wikipedia definition of applied ontology (we'll spend most of our time on applied ontology)
3. The homepage of Dr. Barry Smith at the University at Buffalo
4. The Open Biomedical Ontologies (OBO) Foundry
5. The Gene Ontology
6. The Foundational Model of Anatomy (FMA) Ontology
7. The Protege open-source ontology development tool
8. The W3C Web Ontology Language (OWL) standard
9. The Ontolog Forum
10. The Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS) conference series
11. The National Center for Biomedical Ontology (NCBO)
12. The NCBO Dissemination Wiki