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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>We are pleased to announce the release of <b>BioPortal 3.7</b>. The major new features in this release are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>The <b>term search</b> web service and UI now supports some simple <b>Boolean logic</b>. The format is backwards compatible with our previous format so entering “heart attack” still results in terms which contain both words (a logical AND). Negation is indicated with a minus sign prefix (as in Google search). For example, searching on “heart attack –fear –anxiety” returns terms containing both “heart” and “attack” but not those that refer to a “fear of a heart attack” or “anxiety about a heart attack”. A logical OR is achieved by enclosing words in parenthesis. For example “(heart attack)” returns terms which contain either “heart” or “attack”. <span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='color:red'>*</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>We have <b>regenerated</b> all <b>lexical mappings</b> (“LOOM mappings”) between all terms in all ontologies. The mapping algorithm creates a mapping between two terms if the names of the two terms are identical except for case and spacing. LOOM mappings are created between terms if there is a match between the preferred name of one term and the preferred name or synonym of another term. <b><span style='color:red'>*</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>We now have a <b>beta</b> version of an <b>RDF triple store </b>up and available for use. (The alpha version is no longer available.) This service provides direct SPARQL access to the ontologies in BioPortal. A demonstration user interface with SPARQL examples is available at <a href="http://sparql.bioontology.org">http://sparql.bioontology.org</a>. This triple store contains all ontologies available in BioPortal (updated nightly). <b><span style='color:red'>*</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:red'>*</span></b></span><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#FF2500'> </span></b></span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>This item was requested via the <a href="https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/bioontology-support">User Support mailing list</a> and the <a href="http://www.bioontology.org/BioPortal-user-group">NCBO User Group</a>. Thank you for your comments and suggestions!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Ray<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>