lipro.md

layout	id	in_foundry	contact	description	domain	title	build	is_obsolete
ontology_detail	lipro	false	email label bakerc@unb.ca Christipher Baker	An ontology representation of the LIPIDMAPS nomenclature classification.	lipids	Lipid Ontology	source_url method http://www.lipidprofiles.com/LipidOntology owl2obo	true

Lipid research is increasingly integrated within systems level biology such as lipidomics where lipid classification is required before appropriate annotation of chemical functions can be applied. The ontology describes the LIPIDMAPS nomenclature classification explicitly using description logics (OWL-DL). Lipid classes are organized hierarchically with the super-classes restricted by generic necessary conditions. More specific necessary conditions are used to define membership requirements for sub classes of lipid according to appropriate functional groups.