FoodOn ontology scope

[Damion Dooley]

We're discussing a change to the FoodOn description as it exists in OBO Foundry:

"A broadly scoped ontology representing entities which bear a “food role”. It encompasses materials in natural ecosystems and food webs as well as human-centric categorization and handling of food."

To:

"A broadly scoped ontology representing entities which bear a “food role”. It encompasses materials in natural ecosystems and agriculture that are consumed by humans and domesticated animals. FoodOn aims to name any generic (unbranded) raw or processed food material found in processing plants, markets, stores or food distribution points. FoodOn also imports nutritional component and dietary pattern terms from other OBO Foundry ontologies to support interoperability in diet and nutrition research."

Feedback welcome!

As well soon we'll have an end-of-year report loaded with news of many improvements accumulated over the last year!

Cheers,

Damion