About

OntoCAT or Ontology Common API Tasks is a java library aiming to overcome the hurdle of querying multiple existing ontology resources. It supports both major ontology browsers: NCBO BioPortal and EBI Ontology Lookup Service (OLS), providing a convenient wrapper around their Web Services. It also supports querying of local OWL and OBO resources making use of OWL API. OntoCAT provides the same standardised, uniform interface for all of them.

OntoCAT is open source and is available under the LGPLv3 license.

Releases are often and comprehensively tested, so the end user does not have to worry about the updates in access to underlying resources.

News

Version 0.9.4 released

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How to cite us

Adamusiak Tomasz, Burdett Tony, van der Velde K Joeri, Abeygunawardena Niran, Antonakaki Despoina, Parkinson Helen, and Swertz Morris. OntoCAT – a simpler way to access ontology resources. Available from Nature Precedings <http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npre.2010.4666.1> (2010)

Acknowledgements

Special thanks go to NCBO BioPortal and EBI OLS support teams for all the comprehensive help they provide.