A Quality-Assurance Study of ChEBI
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چکیده
Ontologies are important components of many health-information systems. The Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) ontology has become a standard reference for chemicals appearing in biological contexts. As such, assuring the quality of its content is imperative. In fact, ChEBI has a dedicated Web page at which errors and inconsistencies in its concepts can be reported. A study of the correctness of a random sample of ChEBI concepts is carried out. The results show that quite a large number of ChEBI concepts suffer from some kind of problematic modeling. For example, we found that 15.5% of the sample concepts exhibited severe errors of commission, including incorrect hierarchical (is a) and lateral relationships. Errors of omission were also prevalent. The overall results of our quality-assurance (QA) study are presented. Suggestions for enhancing the QA processes in place for ChEBI are discussed. Keywords—ChEBI; chemical ontology; chemical concept; quality assurance; modeling error; error distribution
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