Behavioral Social Data and Knowledge Ontology for ADRD (BSO-AD)

BSO-AD is a FAIR-compliant ontology resource developed for representing and harmonizing behavioral and social factors (BSFs) and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD)-related knowledge. The ontology supports semantic interoperability, data harmonization, and knowledge integration for BSF-related ADRD research. BSO-AD was developed following established ontology design principles through reuse and extension of existing ontologies and controlled terminologies, including the Social Determinants of Health Ontology (SDoHO), Drug Repurposing-Oriented Alzheimer’s Disease Ontology (DROADO), Time Event Ontology (TEO), AD-Onto, ICD-9-CM, and ICD-10-CM. The ontology also incorporates literature-derived semantic relationships between BSFs and ADRD. GitHub repository:https://github.com/Tao-AI-group/BSO-AD