Analysing Syntactic Regularities and Irregularities in SNOMED-CT.

ABSTRACT:

Motivation

In this paper we demonstrate the usage of RIO; a framework for detecting syntactic regularities using cluster analysis of the entities in the signature of an ontology. Quality assurance in ontologies is vital for their use in real applications, as well as a complex and difficult task. It is also important to have such methods and tools when the ontology lacks documentation and the user cannot consult the ontology developers to understand its construction. One aspect of quality assurance is checking how well an ontology complies with established 'coding standards'; is the ontology regular in how descriptions of different types of entities are axiomatised? Is there a similar way to describe them and are there any corner cases that are not covered by a pattern? Detection of

SUBMITTER: Mikroyannidi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3637289 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature