CSO validator: improving manual curation workflow for biological pathways.

Jeong, Euna; Nagasaki, Masao; Ikeda, Emi; Sekiya, Yayoi; Saito, Ayumu; Miyano, Satoru · Bioinformatics · 2011

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Abstract

Manual curation and validation of large-scale biological pathways are required to obtain high-quality pathway databases. In a typical curation process, model validation and model update based on appropriate feedback are repeated and requires considerable cooperation of scientists. We have developed a CSO (Cell System Ontology) validator to reduce the repetition and time during the curation process. This tool assists in quickly obtaining agreement among curators and domain experts and in providing a consistent and accurate pathway database. The tool is available on http://csovalidator.csml.org. masao@hgc.jp.

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