Anatomy and the type concept in biology show that ontologies must be adapted to the diagnostic needs of research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In times of exponential data growth in the life sciences, machine-supported approaches are becoming increasingly important and with them the need for FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and eScience-compliant data and metadata standards. Ontologies, with their queryable knowledge resources, play an essential role in providing these standards. Unfortunately, biomedical ontologies only provide ontological definitions that answer What is it? questions, but no method-dependent empirical recognition criteria that answer How does it look?

Questions

Consequently, biomedical ontologies contain knowledge of the underlying ontological nature of structural kinds, but often lack sufficient diagnostic knowledge to unambiguously determine the reference of a ter

SUBMITTER: Vogt L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9235205 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature