Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a deleterious neurodevelopmental disorder affecting 1 in 54 children. The complex interdisciplinary nature of ASD research, however, introduces challenges to the spread and accessibility of new discoveries among researchers in different disciplines; furthermore, this highly complex research environment makes it even harder for practicing physicians and primary care providers to keep up with recent advances, which would profoundly impact the extent toward which recent research impacts standard medical and caretake practices. In order to contribute toward bridging the gaps between researchers in different fields, practicing physicians, and primary caretakers, we have created the most expansive autism ontology up to date (AutimsOnt) through utilizing the Protégé ontological framework. With 676 classes and more than 124 properties, AutismOnt can serve as the foundation to support a wide range of applications ranging from decision support systems for practicing physicians to text annotation processes that would allow for the creation of an interdisciplinary research platform where investigators can easily share and retrieve scientific findings. The Ontology is available in the NCBO BioPortal.

自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 是一种有害的神经发育障碍，影响 54 名儿童中的 1 名。然而，ASD 研究的复杂跨学科性质给不同学科研究人员之间新发现的传播和获取带来了挑战；此外，这种高度复杂的研究环境使执业医师和初级保健提供者更难跟上最新进展，这将深刻影响近期研究对标准医疗和护理实践的影响程度。为了弥合不同领域的研究人员、执业医师和初级护理人员之间的差距，我们通过利用 Protégé 本体框架创建了迄今为止最广泛的自闭症本体 (AutimsOnt)。拥有 676 个类和超过 124 个属性，AutismOnt 可以作为支持广泛应用的基础，从执业医师的决策支持系统到文本注释过程，这将允许创建一个跨学科研究平台，研究人员可以轻松共享并检索科学发现。Ontology 在 NCBO BioPortal 中可用。