Table 3.

Exemplary Illustrations of Lexical Representations: Column 1 lists sample lexical representations in their original source formats; Column 2 shows their corresponding sources; Column 3 indicates the relation between the sample representation and its corresponding guidelines where “illustrated” means that the guide is illustrated in the example and “recommend” means that the guideline is not illustrated in the example, but we recommend using the listed guidelines.

	Example in Original Format	Source	Relation to Guidelines
1	<owl:versionInfo> Version 1.2, copyright The University of Manchester, Nick Drummond, Georgina Moulton, Robert Stevens, Phil Lord </owl:versionInfo>	AA	recommend L1–L3
2	<dc:rights>free, no license required </dc:rights>	OBI	L4 illustrated
3	<dc:source>Barry Smith: ”Against Fantology”</dc:source>	BFO	L5 illustrated
4	<preferred_label>Carollia</preferred_label>	BIRNLex	recommend L6
5	xmlns:core=”http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#”<core:prefLabel>Drug Delivery Device</core:prefLabel>	BFO	L6 illustrated
6	<npo:preferred_Name>aluminium atom</npo:preferred_Name>	NPO	recommend L6
7	<abbrev>cislt</abbrev>	BIRNLex	L7 not fulfilled
8	<synonyms>Cisterna lamina terminalis|Lamina Terminalis Cistern</synonyms>	BIRNLex	recommend L7
9	<definition>The series of events in which a sensory light stimulus is received and converted into a molecular signal. [GO:ai] (GO)</definition>	BIRNLex	recommend L9
10	xmlns:desc=”http://bioontology.org/ontologies/biositemap.owl#”<desc:definition>As defined by the USA, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_device</desc:definition>	BRO	recommend L9
11	<rdfs:comment>Definition: The biological source of an entity (e.g. protein, RNA or DNA). Some entities are considered source-neutral (e.g. small molecules), and the biological source of others can be deduced from their constituents (e.g. complex, pathway). Examples: HeLa cells, human, and mouse liver tissue.</rdfs:comment>	BioPax	recommend L9–L10