The BSSO Foundry: A community of practice for ontologies in the behavioural and social sciences

« (…) In recent years, a number of ontologies have been developed within the behavioural and social sciences; however, efforts have tended to be isolated, with limited resources to support developers and those who work (or would like to work) with and use ontologies. There is a need for coordination and exchange to reduce duplication of work and leverage the value of a community to support the interoperability of these ontologies (linking of entities across domains and datasets). We have therefore initiated the Behavioural and Social Sciences Ontology (BSSO) Foundry, a community of practice and online repository for the development, adoption and use of ontologies in the behavioural and social sciences. (…) »

source > wellcomeopenresearch.org, Hastings J, Zhang L, Schenk P et al. The BSSO Foundry: A community of practice for ontologies in the behavioural and social sciences [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 3 approved with reservations]. Wellcome Open Res 2024, 9:656 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23230.1

• Mots-clés : 
• Interopérabilité,
• Ontologie,
• Sciences sociales,
• Social Sciences