CSO validator: improving manual curation workflow for biological pathways.

Authors :: Jeong E
Nagasaki M
Ikeda E
Sekiya Y
Saito A
Miyano S
Source :: Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) [Bioinformatics] 2011 Sep 01; Vol. 27 (17), pp. 2471-2. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Jul 08.
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: Summary: Manual curation and validation of large-scale biological pathways are required to obtain high-quality pathway databases. In a typical curation process, model validation and model update based on appropriate feedback are repeated and requires considerable cooperation of scientists. We have developed a CSO (Cell System Ontology) validator to reduce the repetition and time during the curation process. This tool assists in quickly obtaining agreement among curators and domain experts and in providing a consistent and accurate pathway database.<br />Availability: The tool is available on http://csovalidator.csml.org.<br />Contact: masao@hgc.jp.