The Common Coordinate Framework (CCF)

The CCF consists of seven parts:

1. The CCF Core Model (CCF-CM) is an architecture for modeling 2-dimensional (2D) and 3-dimensional (3D) spatial data annotated with ontology terms.
2. The CCF Spatial Reference System (CCF-SRS) is a curated and annotated instantiation of the Core Model for the Human Body down to the tissue level.
3. The CCF Anatomical Partonomy (CCF-AP) is a curated partonomy using existing ontology terms which mirrors the CCF-SRS, but goes further (though not down to the cellular level).
4. The CCF Cell Types Ontology (CCF-CT) is a curated ontology using existing ontology terms which describes cell types and connects to the CCF-AP where appropriate.
5. The CCF Union Ontology (CCF-UO) is a curated set of ontologies which represents the universe of ontologies connected via the CCF.
6. The CCF Registration User Interface (CCF-RUI) is an online interface for placing tissue samples into Reference Organs defined by the CCF-SRS. See here.
7. The CCF Exploration User Interface (CCF-EUI) is an online interface for exploring and querying the CCF-SRS, CCF-P, and entities indexed by them, primarily via the CCF-RUI. See here.

Links

• Documentation

  • Technical description

• CCF

  • Latest version: http://purl.org/ccf/latest/ccf.owl
  • Visualization:
  • Test:

• CCF Partonomy (CCF-AP)

  • CSV Version: http://purl.org/ccf/latest/ccf-partonomy.csv
  • JSON-LD Version: http://purl.org/ccf/latest/ccf-partonomy.jsonld
  • Visualization: http://purl.org/ccf/latest/ccf-partonomy.html

License

The CCF Ontology is CC-BY 4.0 licensed. The code to generate the ontology is MIT licensed.

Credits

The CCF is developed at the Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center at Indiana University. It is funded by NIH Award OT2OD026671.