Ontologies

Ontologies are used to create controlled vocabularies that can be used for metadata fields with type ontology.

Ontology Listing View

Ontology listing

Create Ontology Dialog

To create an ontology, click on the CREATE button in the grid toolbar.

Create ontology

The CSV file must have 3 columns and no header. The columns are ID, Label, Synonyms. The synonyms should be separated by the pipe symbol.

Below you can see an example:

NCBITaxon_9606	Homo sapiens	Human|human
NCBITaxon_10090	Mus musculus	Mouse|mouse
NCBITaxon_10116	Rattus norvegicus	Rat|rat

Edit Ontology Dialog

To edit an ontology, select the ontology from the grid, then click on the EDIT button in the grid toolbar.

Edit ontology

Important considerations:

• Standard ontologies cannot be edited.

• Currently, only the ontology description can be updated.

If you require an update of the controlled vocabulary, please contact us for support.

Delete Ontology

Only non-standard ontologies that have never been used can be deleted.