The [Gerontology](/blog/1172/) [Ontology](/blog/296/) (the Ontology for Aging and Longevity, GERO) is a mid-level ontology representing aging-related phenomena from the molecular and cellular levels to the social and demographic level. It aims to support gerontological research by formalizing a conceptualization of the aging process, thereby making knowledge on aging machine-readable.
Following the role model of the Infectious Disease Ontology, a species-independent mid-level ontology will be constructed, from which species-specific ontologies can be derived from (e.g. GERO-Mouse, GERO-Human, etc.).
GERO aims at joining the OBO community and applies the principles for ontology development of the OBO Foundry [http://obofoundry.org/wiki/index.php/category:principles].
To join the mailing list of this project, please send a mail to gero [at] denigma.de.
Contact person: Daniel Wuttke, University of Liverpool, age [at] liv.ac.uk
