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Working groups will continue to be open to all and to encourage participation by individuals and organizations regardless of their current sponsorship status or ability to become a sponsor.

With release 1.6, VIVO will be adopting a larger ontology derived from both the VIVO and eagle-i ontologies and addressing broader needs in research representation including research resources and clinical expertise. The ontology will be promoted going forward as the Integrated Semantic Framework or ISF, but will continue to be managed by members of the VIVO community together with participants in the CTSAconnect project representing eagle-i and the biomedical research community more generally, as well as other individuals and groups who wish to become involved.

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