Evaluation for embiology

Evaluator: Not specified

Evaluated on: 2025-08-26

This is a manual evaluation intended to identify potential barriers to reuse.


Access Level and Types

QuestionAnswerComment
Access to data outside of the knowledge graphN
API or online access to the knowledge graphN
Multiple access options availableN
Source code availabilityN
Downloadable knowledge graphN

Section Score: 0/5

Provenance of Nodes and Edges

QuestionAnswerComment
Source list providedN
Source versions informationN
Import dependenciesN
Node and edge sourcesN
Edges deduplicationN
Triples source detailsN
Edge type schemaYChanged yearly in their baseline updated but cannot see what schema is without paid account

Section Score: 1/7

Documented standards, schema, construction

QuestionAnswerComment
Biological usable dataN
Resolvable IDsNNot explicitly stated but they use ML for entity recognition so probably
Construction documentationN
Transformation documentationNLots of this is based on NLP/text mining approaches but preprocessing of sources is not documented
Schema usedN

Section Score: 0/5

Update frequency and versioning

QuestionAnswerComment
Stable versionsN
Public tracker informationN
Knowledge graph contact informationYContact form (for sales team)
Updated annuallyYCannot confirm but website states yearly update of terminology/rules, quarterly update of clinical trial data, weekly update of relationships extracted from publications
Prior versions accessN

Section Score: 2/5

Evaluation - Metrics and Fitness for Purpose

QuestionAnswerComment
Use case providedN
Evaluation against other modelsN
Defined scopeNNot clearly stated but appears to be drug discovery for private companies
Multiple evaluation methodsN
Accuracy metricsYConfidence thresholds for relationships determined by number of supporting publications

Section Score: 1/5

License Information

QuestionAnswerComment
LicenseCopyrighted to Elsevier