INCF Program on Ontologies of Neural Structures

Controlled vocabularies are required for the re-use and sharing of data. In close association with the INCF Programs on Digital Brain Atlasing and Standards for Datasharing, Program on Ontologies of Neural Structures (PONS) works to establish a structured lexicon of terms describing neural structures and their relationships at multiple levels of granularity. 

The program has three associated services:

The next step is a Community-Based Neuroscience Encyclopedia, a project with
the goal to build an open encyclopedia which will link to existing ontologies.

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Oversight Committee
Chair

Maryann Martone

Neuronal Registry
Task Force lead

Giorgio Ascoli


Project coordinator

Jyl Boline

Structural Lexicon
Task Force lead
 
David Van Essen

Representation and Deployment
Task Force lead

Alan Ruttenberg