[Fwd: [Obo-phenotype] Phenotype representation workshop]

[Pankaj Jaiswal]

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Pankaj

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Subject: 	[Obo-phenotype] Phenotype representation workshop
Date: 	Tue, 7 Nov 2006 10:11:15 -0500
From: 	Suzanna Lewis <suzi.lewis at gmail.com>
To: 	obo-phenotype at lists.sourceforge.net,
obi-devel at lists.sourceforge.net, obo-discuss at lists.sourceforge,
biocurator at acoma.stanford.edu, cbIO-council at mailman.stanford.edu,
larkinj2 at nhlbi.nih.gov



Dear colleagues,

We are drawing close to the dates (December 1st & 2nd) for the Phenotype
Representation Workshop, and we're encouraging everyone to attend. We're
hoping to have a representative from as many groups as possible who are
either actively capturing phenotypic data, or are on the verge of doing
so. This workshop is designed as a forum, to further unify this
community, including current and prospective contributors to the PaTO
(nee Phenotype and Trait Ontology), curators of phenotypic data, and
bioinformaticians. Our hope is that by working together from the
beginning-sharing relevant ontologies, methodologies, tools, and
representations-then farther down the road we will be able to exchange,
integrate, and meaningfully compare this valuable data. During the
workshop we will review the requirements of each group, examine the
PaTO's current use, critique its limitations, and plan for its future
development and integration with other pertinent ontologies and tools.
Our mutual success relies upon having individual points-of-view and
contribututions in this area well-represented.

More detailed information is available on the wiki site, including a
tentative agenda, at:
http://www.bioontology.org/wiki/index.php/PATO_Meeting
<http://www.bioontology.org/wiki/index.php/PATO_Meeting>

A registration form (minimal, to help us with planning) is available at:
http://www.fruitfly.org/pato/pato-form.html

Please contact myself Suzanna Lewis
(suzi at berkeleybop.org <mailto:suzi at berkeleybop.org>), Nicole Washington
(NLWashington at lbl.gov <mailto:NLWashington at lbl.gov>), or Barry Smith
(phismith at buffalo.edu <mailto:phismith at buffalo.edu>) with any additional
questions.

Hope to see you there!

-S



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