National Center for Biomedical Ontology

The National Center for Biomedical Ontology (NCBO) is an organization that develops and maintains standardized vocabularies, called ontologies, to organize and share complex medical and biological information. These ontologies enable researchers and healthcare professionals to communicate more effectively across different data systems, improving research, diagnosis, and treatment. The NCBO provides tools and resources for integrating and analyzing biomedical data, fostering collaboration and advancing understanding in medicine and biology. By creating a common language, the NCBO helps make vast amounts of biomedical information more accessible and usable.