FORMALIZING DATA-RELATED CONCEPTS UNDER EXISTING PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS ADDENDUM TO PA-02-141, PAR-03-106, PAR-03-119, and PAR-03-134 RELEASE DATE: April 1, 2004 NOTICE: NOT-RR-04-007 National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) (http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/) Attention to applicants responding to PA-02-141 (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-02-141.html), PAR-03-106 (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-03-106.html), PAR-03-119 (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-03-119.html), and PAR-03-134 (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-03-134.html). This notice is meant to make clear that particular research activities related to the formalization of data concepts are appropriate under these announcements. The overall goal of these announcements is to support research and development of tools and approaches for computing on data; most of these will likely be implemented in software. Best practices for such endeavors include the explicit formalization of data-related concepts that pertain directly to the software. This would include activities such as: 1) assessing data flow and use; 2) defining the terms used for data, fields, operations, etc.; 3) defining the relationships among terms and functions; 4) defining data models and schemas; and 5) other similar activities. It is important to emphasize that these activities are appropriate as they relate closely to the particular software, itself, or to making the particular software interoperable with other specific software or databases. However, broad efforts at developing ontologies and semantic relationships for entire domains or disciplines would not be considered an appropriate activity under these announcements. Applicants with questions should contact either Dr. Michael Huerta (mhuerta@helix.nih.gov, 301-443-3563) or Dr. Gregory Farber (farberg@mail.nih.gov, 301-435-0778).
Return to NIH Guide Main Index
![]() |
Office of Extramural Research (OER) |
![]() |
National Institutes of Health (NIH) 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20892 |
![]() |
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) |
![]() |
||||
Note: For help accessing PDF, RTF, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, RealPlayer, Video or Flash files, see Help Downloading Files. |