Welcome to the OpenBEL Portal!
This site is designed as an online resource for BEL, the BEL Framework, and associated technologies, tools, and content. The BEL Framework is a unique new technology platform for managing, publishing, and using structured life-science knowledge. What makes it unique? For starters, it’s an open technology, which means that you or your organization can start using it immediately. We are also making some BEL content available to get you started.
What is the BEL Framework?
Put simply, it's a collection of software components and specifications that work together to provide a suite of tools for capturing scientific facts in a use-neutral form and making those facts available to applications in a well-documented and easy-to-use interface. Central to the BEL Framework is BEL, the Biological Expression Language, a technology developed and used by Selventa for almost a decade. BEL has evolved into a pragmatic, easy-to-understand language designed to unambiguously capture scientific facts and what is known about how those facts were discovered.
Getting Started
Let us jump right in to OpenBEL. Follow along with the Quick Start.
Learn More
This site has many resources to help you get started learning and using BEL and the BEL Framework. We have example documents, best practices, technical specifications, configuration guides, code examples, a wiki, and discussion groups.