Table 5 Controlled vocabularies and ontologies relevant to this survey

C. elegans Gross Anatomy Vocabulary

• developmental and adult anatomy, including individual cells

WormBase^a

http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/WB-BT also known as the C. elegans Cell and Anatomy Ontology

[111]

C. elegans Development Vocabulary

• developmental stages

• time points

WormBase^a

http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/WB-LS

–

Ciona intestinalis Anatomy and Development Ontology

• developmental and adult anatomy, including individual cells

• developmental stages

ANISEED^a

http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/CIINTEADO

[47]

[48]

Drosophila Anatomy Ontology

• developmental and adult anatomy

• includes vocabulary from the Insect Brain Name Working Group

VFB

FlyBase^a

http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/FB-BT also known as the Drosophila Gross Anatomy Ontology

[68]

[27]

[112]

Drosophila Development Ontology

• developmental stages

• cycles of nuclear division

FlyBase^a

http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/FB-DV

_

MFO

• developmental and adult anatomy

• developmental stages

MEPD^a

http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/MFO

Medaka Fish Anatomy and Development Ontology

[83]

MA

• adult anatomy

GXD^a

http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/MA

Adult Mouse Anatomy, also known as the Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology

[22]

Allen Developing Mouse Brain Atlas ontology

• developmental anatomy

Allen Developing Mouse Brain Atlas^a

http://help.brain-map.org/display/api/Atlas+Drawings+and+Ontologies

[55]

EMAP

• developmental anatomy

• includes vocabulary from the GUDMAP consortium

e-Mouse Atlas^a

GXD

GUDMAP

http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/EMAP

e-Mouse Atlas Project anatomy ontology

[21]

[113]

[114]

XAO

• developmental and adult anatomy

• developmental stages

Xenbase^a

http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/XAO

Xenopus Anatomy Ontology, also known as the Xenopus Anatomy and Development Ontology

[24]

[115]

DAOZ

• developmental anatomy

• developmental stages

GEMS^a

http://bio-imaging.liacs.nl/liacsontology.html

Developmental Anatomy Ontology of Zebrafish

[116]

ZFA

• developmental and adult anatomy

• developmental stages

ZFIN^a

http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/ZFA

Zebrafish Anatomy Ontology, also known as the Zebrafish Anatomy and Development Ontology

[117]