http://www.cropontology.org/
This curation and annotation web site is a participatory tool that enables you to browse the Crop Ontology, search for specific terms and access the definition, as well as additional information. It is possible to post a suggestion at the level of a term and provide feedback on your experience using the site. Please, consult the video tutorials to get a visual explanation of the web site use.
The Ontology curators are able to upload a full ontology in OBO format, create it online, add attribute information, and submit or delete terms from the Crop Ontology. Researchers can also submit/deposit trait names using the curation/annotation tool ‘add an ontology’ to increment the tool’s capacity.
All lists can be downloaded and a web service API is available. The site is hosted on Google App Engine and the versioned code is hosted on GitHub.
The tool is still under development, so your feedback will help to improve it. Please provide any comments or suggestions using the ‘Feedback’ button.
This work was greatly inspired by the Crop Ontology Look-up service developed by Martin Senger, consultant in Bioinformatics, and by Terminizer, online annotation tool developed by David Hancock, from the University of Manchester.