Describing cellular phenotypes with CMPO
The Cellular Microscopy Phenotype Ontology (CMPO) provides a species-neutral controlled vocabulary for
describing phenotypic qualities relating to the whole cell, cellular components, cellular processes and cell populations.
Terms from CMPO are being used to annotate phenotype descriptions from high-content screening databases and cellular image repositories.
Annotating data with ontologies adds value to the data that can then be exploited computationally to support smarter querying and to
facilitate data integration. Find out more about CMPO and the projects
invoved here. If you are new to ontologies, there is a
short introduction on the subject available
and a blog post by James Malone
on what ontologies are for.
Download
Browse CMPO with EBI's OLS or download the full CMPO in OWL format, or a simple CMPO that exlludes all logical axioms. You can also get the latest version in OBO format. The source ontology that is used by the editors is available from the CMPO git repository.
Tools
We provide tools to support the automated annotation of free text with CMPO terms. You can annotate terms using either the EBI's Zooma tool or the NCBO annotator. You can also embed CMPO search in your own web applications using the OLS widgets.
Contact
Submit new terms or report bugs using our GitHib issue tracker. For anything else contact Ontology Tools Support Help Desk.