Overview
The Common Alzheimer's Disease Research Ontology (CADRO) is a set of ontologies designed to provide a means for researchers to more accurately and clearly describe Alzheimer's Disease (AD) data in a form that can be easily shared with other researchers. CADRO is composed of three models: the core, the data model and the clinical model. The core model provides a structure to define the basic components of AD from a broad set of research perspectives, like genetics, epidemiology and behavior. The data model describes the relationships between the core components of AD as well as how to represent the data related to AD. The clinical model allows users to link the core and data models to accurately describe the clinical aspects of AD, such as diagnostic criteria, stage of the disease, laboratory test results and patient history. By increasing the accuracy and precision in which AD data can be described and shared, CADRO has the potential to significantly improve AD research and our understanding of the disease.