Cell Line Ontology [by Mahadevan] (MCCL)

Ontology Info

Field	Value
Acronyme	MCCL
Description	Ontologies provide a common platform of controlled vocabulary for researchers who need to share information across a particular domain, inclusive of machine-interpretable definitions of basic concepts in the domain and relations among them. The need for ontologies that provide a systematic arrangement of available data and allow cross talk across various related domains is gaining momentum. In this backdrop, we have developed a comprehensive ontology on primary and established cell lines-both normal and pathologic. It covers around 400 cell lines. This ontology has been built to include the major domains in the field of biology like anatomy, bio-molecules, chemicals and drugs, pathological conditions and genetic variations around the cell lines. An extensive network of relations has been built across these concepts to enable different combinations of queries. The ontology covers all cell lines from major sources like ATCC, DSMZ, ECACC, ICLC etc. and is built in OWL format.
Format	OWL
Categories	Health, Anatomy, Protein, Cell
Groups

Metric	Value
Classes	5,475
Individuals	0
Properties	17
Max Depth	9
Max Child Count	2,155
Average Child Count	4
Classes With One Child	916
Classes With More Than 25 Children	3
Classes With No Definition	5,475