Ontologies
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Ontologies are used to create controlled vocabularies that can be used for metadata fields with type ontology
.
To create an ontology, click on the CREATE
button in the grid toolbar.
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
To edit an ontology, select the ontology from the grid, then click on the EDIT
button in the grid toolbar.
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.
Only non-standard ontologies that have never been used can be deleted.