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  <h1>The Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology (OBO) Foundry</h1>
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    Community development of interoperable ontologies for the biological
    sciences
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  <h4>Learn about OBO best practices and community resources</h4>
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    <li><a href="about-OBO-Foundry.html">More about the OBO Foundry</a></li>
    <li><a href="principles/fp-000-summary.html">OBO Foundry principles</a></li>
    <li>
      <a href="https://github.com/jamesaoverton/obo-tutorial">OBO tutorial</a>
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    <li><a href="resources">Ontology browsers, tutorials, and tools</a></li>
  </ul>

  <h4>Participate</h4>
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    <li>
      <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/obo-discuss"
        >Join the OBO mailing list</a
      >
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    <li>
      <a href="docs/OperationsCommittee.html"
        >OBO Foundry Operations and Working Groups</a
      >
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    <li>
      <a href="https://github.com/OBOFoundry/OBOFoundry.github.io/issues"
        >Submit bug reports or suggestions for improvement via GitHub</a
      >
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="faq/how-do-i-register-my-ontology.html"
        >Submit your ontology to be considered for inclusion in the OBO
        Foundry</a
      >
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  </ul>

  <h4>OBO Library: find, use, and contribute to community ontologies</h4>
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