Background#R##N#Phenex (http://phenex.phenoscape.org/) is a desktop application for semantically annotating the phenotypic character matrix datasets common in evolutionary biology. Since its initial publication, we have added new features that address several major bottlenecks in the efficiency of the phenotype curation process: allowing curators during the data curation phase to provisionally request terms that are not yet available from a relevant ontology; supporting quality control against annotation guidelines to reduce later manual review and revision; and enabling the sharing of files for collaboration among curators.
['James P. Balhoff', 'Wasila M. Dahdul', 'T. Alexander Dececchi', 'Hilmar Lapp', 'Paula M. Mabee', 'Todd J. Vision']
Annotation of phenotypic diversity: decoupling data curation and ontology curation using Phenex.