# Ontology for General Medical Science (OGMS)

> The Ontology for General Medical Science (OGMS) is based on the papers Toward an Ontological...

- Page: https://library.schematica.io/model/75c32bb8d8e84006a25c44c4e2ab318a
- Model type: Ontology
- License: CC BY 4.0
- Access type: Free
- Access method: Download
- Model size: Small
- Formats: OWL
- Domains: Healthcare
- Audiences: Researcher
- External link: https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/OGMS
- Contact: Richard Scheuermann (rscheuermann@jcvi.org)
- Listed in library: 2025-06-12
- Last updated: 2025-09-10

## Description

## Ontology Info

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Acronyme | OGMS |
| Description | The Ontology for General Medical Science (OGMS) is based on the papers Toward an Ontological Treatment of Disease and Diagnosis and On Carcinomas and Other Pathological Entities. The ontology attempts to address some of the issues raised at the Workshop on Ontology of Diseases (Dallas, TX) and the Signs, Symptoms, and Findings Workshop(Milan, Italy). OGMS was formerly called the clinical phenotype ontology. Terms from OGMS hang from the Basic Formal Ontology. See http://ontology.buffalo.edu/medo/Disease_and_Diagnosis.pdf |
| Format | OWL |
| Categories |  |
| Groups | OBO Foundry, Clinical and Translational Science Awards |

## Metrics

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Classes | 187 |
| Individuals | 18 |
| Properties | 0 |
| Max Depth | 11 |
| Max Child Count | 12 |
| Average Child Count | 3 |
| Classes With One Child | 14 |
| Classes With More Than 25 Children | 0 |
| Classes With No Definition | 41 |

## Projects using OGMS

- [Beta Cell Genomics database](https://bioportal.bioontology.org/projects/BCGD)
- [Ontology for the obstetric and neonatal domain](https://bioportal.bioontology.org/projects/ONTONEO)
- [Adverse Event Reporting Ontology](https://bioportal.bioontology.org/projects/AERO)
- [Blood Ontology](https://bioportal.bioontology.org/projects/Blood_Ontology)

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