Table 1 Some 'rules' for adding vocabulary terms and metadata tokens to a vocabulary hierarchy.
From: New concepts for building vocabulary for cell image ontologies
Ideally, new terms will... |
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   ... be added only if they are required for a semantic query. |
   ... be placed within root categories under which they logically belong. |
   ... create new root categories only when required. |
   ... be short words or phrases to facilitate sharing between databases. |
   ... be substantially different from existing terms (e.g., cell line = cell_line = cellline). |
   ... consider terminology from existing ontologies or vocabulary structures. |
   ... be subject to change if another highly reused synonym is identified. |