Deliverable Report D2.2 Ontology Content Types and Existing Community efforts

The eNanoMapper project aims to build an ontology and database to collate and describe data relevant for “safe by design” engineered nanomaterial development. Work Package 2 of this effort will develop and disseminate a comprehensive ontology for the nanosafety domain, encompassing nanomaterials and all information relating to their characterization, as well as relevant experimental paradigms, biological interactions and safety information. This deliverable report describes the primary content areas within the nanomaterial safety domain which need to be covered by the ontology and comprehensively surveys pre-existing ontology and vocabulary efforts for coverage of those content areas. Gaps and challenging content areas are identified.