A realism-based approach to an ontological representation of symbiotic interactions.

Journal: BMC medical informatics and decision making
Published Date: Oct 8, 2020

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The symbiotic interactions that occur between humans and organisms in our environment have a tremendous impact on our health. Recently, there has been a surge in interest in understanding the complex relationships between the microbiome and human health and host immunity against microbial pathogens, among other things. To collect and manage data about these interactions and their complexity, scientists will need ontologies that represent symbiotic interactions as they occur in reality.

Authors

  • Matthew Diller
    Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, University of Florida, Clinical and Translational Research Building, 2004 Mowry Road, P.O. Box 100219, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.
  • Evan Johnson
    Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
  • Amanda Hicks
    Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. aehicks@ufl.edu.
  • William R Hogan
    Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics.

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