Gender, Sex, and Sexual Orientation

The Gender, Sex, and Sexual Orientation (GSSO) ontology is an ontology which includes a vast amount of information related to gender identity, gender expression, romantic identity, sexual identity, sexual orientation, sexual behavior, sexual abuse, and various related topics. Its emphasis is on a multidisciplinary and intersectional approach to these topics.

Usage

API Access

The API for the GSSO can be accessed as part of the NCBO BioPortal's API. For more information, consult the NCBO BioPortal API documentation here.

Getting Instances for a Class

In order to get instances for a given class, the BioPortal concept ID should be created from the class ID, for example:

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/GSSO/000047

Becomes:

http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.bioontology.org%2Fontology%2FGSSO%2F000047

The full URL for access is thus:

http://data.bioontology.org/ontologies/GSSO/classes/http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.bioontology.org%2Fontology%2FGSSO%2F000047/instances

Note that this method will only grab instances from the current class, not from subclasses; i.e. the following:

http://data.bioontology.org/ontologies/GSSO/classes/http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.bioontology.org%2Fontology%2FGSSO%2F000140/instances

Will pull LGBTQ slang, but not transgender slang.

Getting GSSO from Homosaurus

TBD

Getting GSSO from LCSH

TBD

Getting GSSO from LCC

Getting the entry for "RC571" is implemented as follows:

http://data.bioontology.org/search?q=RC571&ontologies=GSSO&also_search_properties=true

Getting GSSO from Dewey Decimal System

TBD

Versioning

Note that versions with "rdf_xml" in the title are in RDF/XML format, while those without utilize Manchester OWL syntax.

Further, note that PURLs utilize the "1.0.1" syntax as to be backwards compatible with any of the 1.0.1 releases. The 1.0.0 release is not forward or backward compatible at the present time. It is recommended that users utilize 2.0.0.

• 1.0.0 (24 June 2019)
• 1.0.1a (11 September 2019)
• 1.0.1b (12 September 2019)
• 1.0.1c (13 September 2019)
• 1.0.1d (13 September 2019)
• 1.0.1e (13 September 2019)
• 2.0.0 (18 June 2020)

Contributing

Please feel free to contribute! If there is a term or terms that include unsatisfactory information, broken links, derogatory terminology that is not appropriately marked, please contact us!

A very basic search/browse interface of version 1.0.0 is located here for the time being.

An alpha version of 1.0.1 is also available on the NCBO BioPortal here.

The beta version 2.0.0. is available at the same URL.

Authors

• Clair Kronk (clair.kronk@gmail.com)

License

This project is currently bound by the Apache 2.0 License. All mapped ontologies within GSSO are within Creative Commons, but may require separate requirements. Please check with their respective creators before utilizing.

Publications

• Kronk C, Dexheimer J. "Development of the Gender, Sex, and Sexual Orientation Ontology: Evaluation and Workflow." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2020. DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocaa061. PMID: 32548638.
• Kronk C, Tran G, Wu D. "Creating a Queer Ontology: Introduction of the Gender, Sex, and Sexual Orientation (GSSO) Ontology." MEDINFO 2019: Health and Wellbeing e-Networks for All. 2019:264. DOI: 10.3233/SHTI190213. PMID: 31437915.

Acknowledgments

• Judith W. Dexheimer
• Giao Q. Tran
• Danny T. Y. Wu