Semi-automated evaluation of biomedical ontologies for the biobanking domain based on competency questions.

Journal: Studies in health technology and informatics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Biosample collections and biobank information systems have become a key enabler for medical research. Therefore it is important to identify potentially relevant ontologies to semantically enrich information related to the biobanking domain.

Authors

  • Philipp Hofer
    Department of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Sabrina Neururer
    Department of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Helga Hauffe
    Department of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Thomas Insam
    Department of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Anette Zeilner
    Department of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Georg Göbel
    Department of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.