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<p>Hey John - <br>
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<p>Like Robert (hi Robert!) mentioned, GloBI is also using the OBO
Relations Ontology for defining biotic and abiotic interaction
types, just like many other projects. <br>
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<p>I've been attempting to collect my thoughts on data format and
models at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/jhpoelen/globis-b-interactions/blob/master/text/on-species-interaction-data-models-and-formats.md">https://github.com/jhpoelen/globis-b-interactions/blob/master/text/on-species-interaction-data-models-and-formats.md</a>
. In my experience, an effective way to figure out how to
capture/share your data is to use what you have today (as is!) and
try to integrate a subset of it with other projects (like GloBI,
GBIF). <br>
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<p>Your projects sounds very similar to other projects that have
already been integrated into GloBI - a mix of specimen and
literature data with their own way of describing interaction
terms. <br>
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<p>Do you have some samples that you can share so that I can get a
sense of what you currently have? <br>
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<p>thx,</p>
<p>-jorrit</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://globalbioticinteractions.org">https://globalbioticinteractions.org</a> <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/19/18 6:21 PM, Bates, Robert P
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi John,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’ve been working with subsets of the OBO
Relation Ontology (which if I’m not mistaken is also what
GloBI uses) to provide the concepts for interaction
relationships in our VERA modeling system:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">GloBI
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:globi-bounces@lists.gbif.org"><globi-bounces@lists.gbif.org></a> on behalf of John
Oswald <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:j-oswald@tamu.edu"><j-oswald@tamu.edu></a><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, November 19, 2018 at 9:18 PM<br>
<b>To: </b><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:globi@lists.gbif.org">"globi@lists.gbif.org"</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:globi@lists.gbif.org"><globi@lists.gbif.org></a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[GloBI] Ontology of Biotic Interactions?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m growing and extending
interaction/association data in my research database on the
species of the superorder Neuropterida (Insecta: orders
Neuroptera, Megaloptera, and Raphidioptera) of the world. The
data is primarily drawn from the published literature; some
also from specimen labels. I’m interested in standardizing the
terminology that I use to describe interactions and
associations. I’m interested in taxon to taxon interactions
(e.g., species X eats species Y; species X is phoretic on
species Y), taxon to inanimate object
interactions/associations (e.g., species X oviposits on
substrate Y [say, rocks]), and taxon to concept associations
(e.g., species X exhibits behavior Y). Can anyone recommend
any good lists of standardized terms (with definitions) for
this sort of thing? Are there any good, well developed,
ontologies for general taxon-taxon and/or taxon-inanimate
interactions? I have a list of 500+ “association kinds”
(without well-standardized definitions) that I have scraped
together over the years. I’d like to plug these into (or
convert them into) something more standardized if something
more standard exists. Thanks for any suggestions on where I
might go next on this.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John D. Oswald<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Professor of Entomology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Curator, Texas A&M University Insect
Collection<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Department of Entomology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Texas A&M University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">College Station, TX 77843-2475<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">E-mail: <a href="mailto:j-oswald@tamu.edu"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:blue">j-oswald@tamu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 1-979-862-3507<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lacewing Digital Library: <a
href="http://lacewing.tamu.edu/" moz-do-not-send="true">
<span style="color:blue">http://lacewing.tamu.edu/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bibliography of the Neuropterida: <a
href="http://lacewing.tamu.edu/Biblio/Main"
moz-do-not-send="true">
<span style="color:blue">http://lacewing.tamu.edu/Biblio/Main</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Neuropterida Species of the World: <a
href="http://lacewing.tamu.edu/SpeciesCatalog/Main"
moz-do-not-send="true">
<span style="color:blue">http://lacewing.tamu.edu/SpeciesCatalog/Main</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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