Fungal Anatomy Ontology Project

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Interested in Participating in the FAO Project?

There are many tasks associated with building an ontology. For an ontology project that aims to describe structures in the vast world of microbes, one of the the greatest contributions you can give is your knowledge about a biological domain. You may suggest terms, advise developers, and ask questions about anything thing you feel needs clarifying. The list of contributors can be found on the Project Participants page.  

Suggest Terms

If there is a structure(s) found in the fungal kingdom you would like added to the FAO, you can send your request to FAO developers via the fungal-ontology email list. You must be subscribed to the list to post a message to it (see E-mail List for help). In your message please include the term name(s), a definition(s), a reference(s), and placement in the ontology. It will be helpful if you first review some basic guidelines for ontology building before you make your suggestions. We try to respond to all requests withing one or two working days.  

Advise Developers

The world of microbes is wonderfully vast. FAO curators have specialties in particular areas of fungal biology but cannot know it all. Input from people with expertise in diverse areas is very much appreciated as it helps to keep the ontology true and it speeds development. Developers are looking for people to comment or advise them on different areas of fungal biology. Your time committment can be variable and even limited to topics that interest you. If you have expertise and would like to volunteer your help, please send a message to developers via the fungal-ontology list telling your expertise.

Advising would mean reviewing terms, definitions for terms, and the structure of the ontology proposed by developers.

You may also submit suggestions for terms and definitions.  

Have a Question?

You may pose questions to developers and project participants by sending an e-mail to the fungal-ontology e-mail list. You must be subscribed to the list to post a message to it (see E-mail List for help). We try to respond to all requests within one or two working days.(You might also look at the FAQ for answers to frequent questions.)

E-mail List

 The fungal-ontology is the discussion list for the FAO project. To make term suggestions or ask a question of developers or send a message to developers, you can send an e-mail to the fungal-ontology list, however, you must first subscribe to the list.