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

Journal: Journal of biomedical semantics
Published Date: Jun 27, 2022

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?

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  • Lars Vogt
    Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Institut für Evolutionsbiologie und Ökologie, An der Immenburg 1, 53121, Bonn, Germany. lars.m.vogt@gmail.com.
  • István Mikó
    Don Chandler Entomological Collection, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA.
  • Thomas Bartolomaeus
    Institut für Evolutionsbiologie und Ökologie, Universität Bonn, An der Immenburg 1, 53121, Bonn, Germany.

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