lipro.md

layout	id	title	build	contact	description	domain	in_foundry	is_obsolete	tags	activity_status
ontology_detail	lipro	Lipid Ontology	method source_url owl2obo http://www.lipidprofiles.com/LipidOntology	email label bakerc@unb.ca Christipher Baker	An ontology representation of the LIPIDMAPS nomenclature classification.	chemistry and biochemistry	false	true	lipids	inactive

Lipid research is increasingly integrated within systems level biology such as lipidomics where lipid classification is required before appropriate annotation of chemical functions can be applied. The ontology describes the LIPIDMAPS nomenclature classification explicitly using description logics (OWL-DL). Lipid classes are organized hierarchically with the super-classes restricted by generic necessary conditions. More specific necessary conditions are used to define membership requirements for sub classes of lipid according to appropriate functional groups.