Michael, J. and Mejino, Jose L V and Rosse, Cornelius (2001) The Role of Definitions in Biomedical Concept Representation. In: American Medical Informatics Association Fall Symposium. pp. 463-467.
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Abstract
The Foundational Model (FM) of anatomy, developed as an anatomical enhancement of UMLS, classifies anatomical entities in a structural context. Explicit definitions have played a critical role in the establishment of FM classes. Essential structural properties that distinguish a group of anatomical entities serve as the differentiae for defining classes. These, as well as other structural attributes, are introduced as template slots in Protege, a frame-based knowledge acquisition system, and are inherited by descendants of the class. A set of desiderata has evolved during the instantiation of the FM for formulating definitions. We contend that 1. these desiderata generalize to non-anatomical domains and 2. satisfying them in constituent vocabularies of UMLS would enhance the quality of information retrievable through UMLS.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | amia2001 |
| Subjects: | All Projects > Foundational Model of Anatomy |
| Depositing User: | Jim Brinkley |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2003 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2017 03:29 |
| URI: | http://sigpubs.si.washington.edu/id/eprint/148 |
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