BioOntology.ch - ChEBI and MeSH

Re: ChEBI and MeSH

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:00:13 GMT

The MeSH unique IDs, for example D033221, look pretty stable to me.

However, the 'hidden ontology' of MeSH, I reckon, is that D033221 doesn't actually stand for "Jehovah's Witnesses", it stands for "biomedical papers about Jehovah's Witnesses". The "biomedical papers about..." bit is understood in the indexing process, which is why the definitions omit it.

MeSH makes a bit more (though not total) sense seen from this standpoint.

Re: ChEBI and MeSH

Thu, 03 May 2012 17:52:29 GMT

Hi Christopher, thanks for your comment!

I'm a bit confused: in point 3 I say that MeSH doesn't have stable identifiers, not that PubChem doesn't. Could you clarify your objection?

Re: ChEBI and MeSH

Thu, 03 May 2012 17:40:29 GMT

Your post should note that PubChem is searchable by chemical structure, substructure, chemical similarity and other modes. http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/

As per your point 3, PubChem does have stable identifiers. I think you have the functionality of MeSH and native PubChem information confused.

The fundamental ontology of chemistry is - chemistry.