Recognizing lexical and semantic change patterns in evolving life science ontologies to inform mapping adaptation.
Journal:
Artificial intelligence in medicine
Published Date:
Dec 6, 2014
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Mappings established between life science ontologies require significant efforts to maintain them up to date due to the size and frequent evolution of these ontologies. In consequence, automatic methods for applying modifications on mappings are highly demanded. The accuracy of such methods relies on the available description about the evolution of ontologies, especially regarding concepts involved in mappings. However, from one ontology version to another, a further understanding of ontology changes relevant for supporting mapping adaptation is typically lacking.