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Abstract
The field of nanomedicine faces many challenges in the development of standards to support meaningful data submission and information exchange. Numerous physico-chemical, in vitro, and in vivo assays must be addressed, with measurements currently dependent on non-standardized protocols and diverse technology types. Representing Structure-Activity-Relationships (SARs) in nanomedicine, in particular, is critical to understanding the effects of nanomaterial structure on biological activity. Unfortunately, information describing the nanomaterial including functionalizing entities and 3D structure is often represented in an undisciplined fashion. This lack of standardization has been a significant deterrent to meaningful data sharing across the nanotechnology community; few publications contain sufficient information to enable adequate interpretation of results and successful achievement of experimental reproducibility.
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The NanoParticle Ontology (NPO) is an ontology that is designed and developed within the framework of the Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) and implemented in the Ontology Web Language (OWL) \[Thomas et al, JBI 2010; \[http://www.nano-ontology.org\]\]. It is being developed to represent the knowledge underlying the description, preparation and characterization of nanomaterials. NPO development began with the representation of knowledge underlying the chemical composition, preparation, physiochemical and functional / biological characterization of nanoparticles that are formulated and tested for applications in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics.
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