Examples of Ontologies

TermOntologyReferenceEvaluation
 COSMOhttp://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?CosmoWG5
CPT (Current Procedural Terminology)http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3113.html 
Cell Typehttp://obofoundry.org/cgi-bin/detail.cgi?id=cell&title=Cell%20type5
Common Anatomical Reference Ontologyhttp://obofoundry.org/cgi-bin/detail.cgi?id=caro&title=Common%20Anatomy%20Reference%20Ontology5
DOLCE - D & Shttp://www.loa-cnr.it/Papers/ODBASE-CONTEXT.pdf 
DOLCEhttp://www.loa-cnr.it/DOLCE.html5
GUM (generalized upper model)http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/ontology/onto-downloads.htm 
Gene Ontologyhttp://www.geneontology.org/5
ICD-9http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/icd9/abticd9.htm 
ISO 15926-2http://www.tc184-sc4.org/wg3ndocs/wg3n1328/lifecycle_integration_schema.html 
Joint Warfare Simulation Object LibraryConwell, C.L. Joint Warfare Simulation Object Library, U.S. Navy Research and Development Technical Document TD2808, Washington, DC, June 19953
LexGRID  
MEBN  
MESH 5
NeuroML 1
OpenCYChttp://www.cyc.com/cyc/opencyc/overview 
PSL / ISO 18629http://www.mel.nist.gov/psl/ 
Phenotype and Trait Ontologyhttp://obofoundry.org/cgi-bin/detail.cgi?id=quality&title=Phenotypic%20quality5
Process Specification Languagehttp://www.mel.nist.gov/psl/5
RDL (Reference Data Library)ISO 15926-43
Relation Ontologyhttp://obofoundry.org/cgi-bin/detail.cgi?id=relationship&title=OBO%20relationship%20types5
SUMOhttp://www.ontologyportal.org/ 
SUMOwww.ontologyportal.org5
Semantic MediaWikihttp://wiki.ontoworld.org/index.php/Semantic_MediaWiki 
Semantic Web Service Ontology Standard  
Sequence Ontologyhttp://sequenceontology.org/5
WSML-DLWeb Service Modeling Language (WSML)3
wordnethttp://wordnet.princeton.edu/ 
assemblynot accurate 1
Business Rule DesignSWRLhttp://www.w3c.org2
Cell TypeCL 5
characteristicPrinciples of terminologyhttp://www.iso.ch1
CLIKL  
ClassificationInternational Classification of Diseases Version 10 (ICD-10)http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/2
Common Anatomical Reference OntologyCARO 5
conceptPrinciples of terminologywww.iso.ch2
Concept systemPrinciples of terminologyhttp://www.iso.ch4
Content Modelsvarious - CMC model, iPlayer model, PIPs modelnone public3
Controlled TerminologySNOMED-CThttp://www.snomed.org/snomedct/index.html3
controlled vocabulary / thesaurusUnified Medical Language System (UMLS) Metathesaurushttp://umlsks.nlm.nih.gov/3
Controlled vocabulary thesaurusMedical Subject Headings (MeSH)http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/termscon.html5
COSMOnew version soon 5
countryEDXL-DE_Spec_v1.0.pdfhttp://www.oasis-open.org/specs/index.php#edxlde-v1.02
Entity classIn Barker notation, a round cornered rectanglehttp://www.tdan.com/i036ht04.htm1
Entity Relationship Model/Data ModelISO 15926-2http://www.tc184-sc4.org/wg3ndocs/wg3n1328/lifecycle_integration_schema.html3
First Order Logic OntologySUMO 5
FolksonomyCMC user tagsnone public2
Social Bookmarking tagsdel.icio.us3
Gene OntologyGOhttp://www.geneontology.org/GO.downloads.ontology.shtml5
Hierarchical TaxonomyEnterprise Topic Classification Schemehttp://econ.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=633473&pagePK=64165395&piPK=64165418&theSitePK=4693721
i do not understand what is required hereebXML Core Components 2
IdentifierA key in a database. 4
individual term or expressionUMLS, SNOMED 4
Keynote http://www.csinet.org/s_csi/doc_bookstore.asp?TRACKID=FromGoogleAd&CID=333&DID=103511
Library Classification schemesUniversal Decimal Classification; Colon Classification 3
locCodeUNEDX-DE_Spec_v1.0.pdfhttp://www.oasis-open.org/specs/index.php#edxlde-v1.02
logical theory, upper ontologyDOLCE 5
SUMO 5
MEBNPR-OWL  
MESHUMLS 5
MetadataISO/IEC 11179 - Metadata registriessame3
Metadata SchemeWorld Bank Core Metadata Strategy 2
MetathesaurusUnified Medical Language System Metathesaurushttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/access.html4
ModelVersion 0.5, 25 July 2006http://www.serviceml.org/2
Network Taxonomy (sometimes called semantic network or thesaurus)World Bank MetaThesaurushttp://www.multites.com/wb/3
neuromodulatordopamine 3
nomenclatureISO/IEEE 11073-10101 1
ObjectPrinciples of terminologyhttp://www.iso.ch1
Object Information ModelOIM (just started)tbd5
ODMODM  
OntologyBayesian Web 5
DOLCE 3
Gene Ontology (GO)http://archive.geneontology.org/latest-termdb/go_daily-termdb.rdf-xml.gz5
OWL 5
Pizza Ontologyhttp://www.co-ode.org/ontologies/pizza/pizza_20041007.owl5
SNOMED CT 4
Sequence Ontology (SO)http://song.cvs.sourceforge.net/song5
ontology (computer science)all of the ontologies built using Protegehttp://protege.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ProjectsThatUseProtege5
OWL OntologyOWL version of ISO 15926-2http://www.infowebml.ws/Topics/topics-intro.htm5
performanceCSI discussion re: section format task team discussionhttp://www.csinet.org/s_csi/sec_forums.asp1
Phenotype and Trait OntologyPATO or quality.obo 5
Plan and Organize http://www.isaca.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Members_and_Leaders/COBIT6/Obtain_COBIT/CobiT4.1_Brochure.pdf1
polygonEDXL-DE_Spec_v1.0.pdfhttp://www.oasis-open.org/specs/index.php#edxlde-v1.02
RDL (Reference Data Library)RDL (Work in Progress)http://www.posccaesar.com/ select "POSC Caesar Core RDL based on IS-model"3
Reference ModelOASIS RM for SOA 4
RegistryObjectVersion 1.0http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/19037/regrep-owl-profile-1.5-July4.pdf2
Relation OntologyRO 5
ResilienceThe Edge of Disaster by Stephen Flynnhttp://www.amazon.com2
Ring Taxonomy (synonyms)ISO Country Names, ISO Languages, World Bank currency nameshttp://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html1
schema (??)ISO 10303 (STEP) 3
Semantic data modelConceptual (semantic) entity relationship modelHay, D. "Data Model Patterns: Conventions of Thought"3
Semantic networkUMLS Semantic Networkhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/access.html4
Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) Semantic Networkhttp://umlsks.nlm.nih.gov/4
Semantic Web Service Ontology StandardOWL-S, WSMO, WSDL-S, SWSF, FLOWS  
Sequence OntologySO 5
subdivisionEDXL-DE_Spec_v1.0.pdfhttp://www.oasis-open.org/specs/index.php#edxlde-v1.02
system knowledge basePreAct (development tool)http://asinc.com/technology_overview.php4
tag cloud http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/3
targetAreaEDXL-DE_Spec_v1.0.pdfhttp://www.oasis-open.org/specs/index.php#edxlde-v1.02
TaxonomyCMC Controlled Vocabulariesnone public2
NICE Taxonomy Schemehttp://schema.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=3533102
ThesaurusControlled Health Thesaurushttp://www.cdc.gov/PhinVSBrowser/StrutsController.do2
National Agricultural Library Thesaurus (NALT)http://agclass.nal.usda.gov/agt/download.shtml3
Topic element in Topic Maps. Subject/Object in RDF 4
upper ontologyBFO (Basic Formal Ontology)http://www.ifomis.uni-saarland.de/bfo5
What we call somethingAn instance of somethingWhere we got an instance of something1
WSML-DLW3C Member Submission 3 June 2005http://www.w3.org/Submission/WSML/3