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General information

Abstract

The scope of FoodOn is ambitious and will require input from multiple domains. FoodOn imports material from several ontologies covering anatomy, taxonomy, geography and cultural heritage. We aim to create content to cover gaps in the representation of food-related products and processes. This ontology is being applied to research and clinical datasets in academia and government. We also anticipate industry uptake since agricultural and consumer devices connected to the Internet of Things will require a standard food vocabulary that has a global, multilingual reach. See more...

Description

FoodOn is a consortium-driven project to build a comprehensive and easily accessible global farm-to-fork ontology about food, that accurately and consistently describes foods commonly known in cultures from around the world., that accurately and consistently describes foods commonly known in cultures from around the world. See https://foodon.org for more details. See more...

Initial created on January 29, 2025. For additional information, contact Damion Dooley (damion_dooley@sfu.ca).

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Keywords and classes

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FOODON_03400361

Categories and subjects

Anim

Food

Nut

Plant

Nutrition