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Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology Foundry

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Community development of interoperable ontologies for the biological

sciences

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<h4>Learn about OBO best practices and community resources</h4>

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<li><a href="principles/fp-000-summary.html">OBO Foundry principles</a></li>

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<a href="https://github.com/jamesaoverton/obo-tutorial">OBO tutorial</a>

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<li><a href="resources">Ontology browsers, tutorials, and tools</a></li>

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<h4>Participate</h4>

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<li><a href="docs/COC.html">Code of Conduct</a></li>

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Join the <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/obo-discuss">OBO mailing list</a>

and the <a href="https://obo-communitygroup.slack.com/">OBO Community Slack workspace</a>

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OBO Foundry Operations and Working Groups

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<a href="https://github.com/OBOFoundry/OBOFoundry.github.io/issues">

Submit bug reports or suggestions for improvement via GitHub

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<a href="faq/how-do-i-register-my-ontology.html">

Submit your ontology to be considered for inclusion in the OBO Foundry

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<h4>OBO Library: find, use, and contribute to community ontologies</h4>

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