International Science Community Association Research Journal of Recent Sciences 2277 - 2502 1 10 2012 October 2 HBVO: Human Biological Viruses Ontology 45 50 EN Espinoza E. 1 Instituto de Investigaciones Metalurgicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria Edificio ”U”, Apartado Escudero R. 2 postal 888, C.P. 58000, Morelia, Michoacán, MÉXICO Tavera F.J. 3 PranavC. Atre 1 School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, VIT University, Vellore-632014, Tamilnadu, INDIA ThundilKaruppaRaj R. 2 Mehrdad Zarenejad 1 Department of Economic, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, IRAN Rodrigues L.L.R. 1 Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal 576 104, Karnataka, INDIA Kantharaj A.N. 2 Department of Automobile and Aeronautical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal 576 104, Karnataka, INDIA Kantharaj B. 3 Freitas W.R.C. 4 Murthy B.R.N. 5 Serban C. 1 Faculty of Marketing, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, ROMANIA Iconaru C. 2 Macovei O.I. 3 Perju A. 4 Kumar Anil 1 Department of Physics, P.L.J.L. Rastogi Inter College, Moradabad 244 001, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA ChauhanRekhaRan RekhaRani 2 Department of Botany, K.G.K. College, Moradabad-244001, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA Kumar Pradeep 3 Department of Physics, K G K College, Moradabad 244001, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA S. Anbarasu 1 Department of Physics, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai – 627002, INDIA DevarajanPrem Anand 2 SheikhKashif Raffat 1 Department of CS and IT, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology, Karachi, PAKISTAN Mohd.Shahab Siddiqui 2 HIIT, FEST, Hamdard University, Karachi, PAKISTAN Mohd. Siddiq 3 National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Karachi, PAKISTAN Shaikh ZubairA. 4 FEST, Hamdard University, Karachi, PAKISTAN AbdulRahman Memon 5 > Research Paper 2012 7 25 2012 October 2 Biological viruses have recently received a lot of attention especially in sub continent due to some spectacular effects of infections like bird flu, dengue and swine flu. This problem generated a requirement to classify these viruses in some formal form. Therefore, we are proposing an ontology for Human Biological Viruses Ontology (HBVO) that covers all the viruses that belongs to human. The proposed ontology is developed by using the principles of Open Biological Ontologies and will be available in the format of OBO. It can be viewed by using OBO-Edit. To develop HBVO we used the taxonomy developed by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Copyright@ International Science Community Association