The Comparative Data Analysis Ontology (CDAO) provides a framework for understanding data in the context of evolutionary-comparative analysis. This comparative approach is used commonly in bioinformatics and other areas of biology to draw inferences from a comparison of differently evolved versions of something, such as differently evolved versions of a protein. In this kind of analysis, the things-to-be-compared typically are classes called 'OTUs' (Operational Taxonomic Units). The OTUs can represent biological species, but also may be drawn from higher or lower in a biological hierarchy, anywhere from molecules to communities. The features to be compared among OTUs are rendered in an entity-attribute-value model sometimes referred to as the 'character-state data model'. For a given character, such as 'beak length', each OTU has a state, such as 'short' or 'long'. The differences between states are understood to emerge by a historical process of evolutionary transitions in state, represented by a model (or rules) of transitions along with a phylogenetic tree. CDAO provides the framework for representing OTUs, trees, transformations, and characters. The representation of characters and transformations may depend on imported ontologies for a specific type of character.
cdao
CDAO
Local identifiers in Comparative Data Analysis Ontology should match this
regular expression:
^\d{7}$
Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Comparative Data Analysis Ontology should match
this regular expression:
^cdao:\d{7}$
The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are
8 mappings to external registries for cdao
with
2 unique external prefixes.
Registry Name | Registry Metaprefix | External Prefix | Curate |
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AberOWL
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aberowl |
CDAO
|
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AgroPortal
|
agroportal |
CDAO
|
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BioContext | biocontext |
CDAO
|
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BioPortal
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bioportal |
CDAO
|
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FAIRSharing
|
fairsharing |
FAIRsharing.kay31r
|
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OBO Foundry
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obofoundry |
cdao
|
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OLS
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ols |
cdao
|
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OntoBee
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ontobee |
CDAO
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Providers are various services that resolve CURIEs to URLs. The example CURIE
cdao:0000072
is used to demonstrate the provides available for
cdao
. Generation of OLS and BioPortal URLs requires additional programmatic
logic beyond string formatting.