Interoperability for Energy-Related Ontologies
The ENERO Ontology Foundry for the Energy Domain
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https://doi.org/10.52825/ocp.v9i.3305Keywords:
ENERO Foundry, Ontologies, Interoperability, Energy DomainAbstract
Energy researchers are becoming increasingly aware that ontologies support both research data management (like FAIRification of data) and a transparent publication of research results. With an increasing usage and development of ontologies, the demand for interoperability between ontologies rises. Based on lessons learned from the Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology Foundry (OBO Foundry) and other initiatives, this position paper presents the Energy-related Reference Ontologies Foundry (ENERO Foundry) to coordinate ontology development in the energy domain.
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Copyright (c) 2026 Mirjam Stappel, Amanda Wein, Till Mossakowski, Fabian Neuhaus, Ludwig Hülk, Eugenio Arellano Ruiz, Silvia Weko, Carsten Hoyer-Klick
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Grant numbers NFDI4Energy - 501865131