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Table 3.

List of tools for data curation with ontologies, annotation data exchange format and tools for ontology editing

Use Tool Summary Reference/URL
Data curation/annotation Noctua web-based tool for collaborative editing of models of biological processes http://noctua.berkeleybop.org/
PubSearch TAIR in-house literature curation tool https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18428773
Protein2GO EBI’s GO annotation tool https://sourceforge.net/projects/protein2go/
TOAST community curation tool for GO and PO annotations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22859749
CANTO web-based literature curation tool https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article/30/12/1791/382357/Canto-an-online-tool-for-community-literature
Textpresso Central web-based text mining and literature curation (with plug ins for Noctua) doi: 10.1186/s12859-018-2103-8.
CACAO community annotation tool used in undergraduate competitions https://gowiki.tamu.edu/wiki/index.php/Category:CACAO
Table Editor application for easily editing spreadsheet-formatted data with associated ontologies https://incatools.github.io/table-editor/?config=.%2Fconfig.yaml
PhenoteFX phenotype curation http://phenotefx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Annotation data exchange formats GAF2 file format for ontology annotation data exchange http://geneontology.org/page/go-annotation-file-format-20
RDF Resource Description Framework
Phenopackets an extensible data model and data exchange format for phenotype data https://github.com/phenopackets/phenopacket-format/wiki/Overview-of-Phenotype-Exchange-Format
BioLink model schema for biological data and associations https://biolink.github.io/biolink-model/
Ontology editors Protégé ontology editing tool http://protege.stanford.edu/