Table 1.
Comparison of existing tools with SORTA
| SORTA | BioPortal annotator | ZOOMA | Shiva | Agreement maker | LogMap | Peregrine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comparable similarity score | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N |
| Import code system in ontology format | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Import code system in excel format | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Uses lexical index to improve performance | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
| Code/Recode data directly in the tool | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N |
| Tool available as online service | Y | Y | Y | N/A | N/A | N/A | N |
| Support partial matches | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Match complex data values | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Learns from curated dataset | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N |
Y represents Yes; N represents No; N/A represents unknown
ZOOMA and BioPortal Annotator were the closest to our needs.