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+### Edamontology is an umbrella organisation for the development and maintenance of the EDAM ontology and related tools and works. It is the ontology of bioinformatics concepts: topics, operations, data & formats. Developed by IFB Bioinformatique, ELIXIR Norway, NEUBIAS & global contributors.
+#### You can visit the website [Here](http://edamontology.org/page).