Gerontology

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 [https://obofoundry.org/principles/fp-000-summary.html].