Law and order: Assessing and enforcing compliance with ontological modeling principles in the Foundational Model of Anatomy
Law and order: Assessing and enforcing compliance with ontological modeling principles in the Foundational Model of Anatomy
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DOI：
10.1016/j.compbiomed.2005.04.007
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发表时间：
2006-07-01
影响因子：
7.7
通讯作者：
Bodenreider, Olivier
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作者：
Zhang, Songmao;Bodenreider, Olivier
这项研究的目的是提供对原理应遵守的原则的操作定义。我们定义了15种与分类有关的此类原则（例如，不允许层次结构周期；概念具有合理数量的儿童），不兼容的关系（例如，两个概念不能在分类学和分类的关系中既不能构成分类和分类关系），以及概念之间的依赖性，以及等效关系集的共同依赖性。隐性关系以概念名称为中心或从此过程中使用的明确关系的组合推断出来，除了明确表示的关系外。作为一个案例研究，我们研究了解剖学基础模型（FMA） - 与这15个原则的解剖结构符合的大本体论。 FMA成功遵守了所有原则：完全与其他原则有关。分析了不合规的原因，并提出了在本体发展环境中实施有效的执行机制的建议。还讨论了这项研究的局限性。由Elsevier Ltd.出版。
The objective of this study is to provide an operational definition of principles with which well-formed ontologies should comply. We define 15 such principles, related to classification (e.g., no hierarchical cycles are allowed; concepts have a reasonable number of children), incompatible relationships (e.g., two concepts cannot stand both in a taxonomic and partitive relation), dependence among concepts, and the co-dependence of equivalent sets of relations. Implicit relations-embedded in concept names or inferred from a combination of explicit relations-are used in this process in addition to the relations explicitly represented. As a case study, we investigate the degree to which the Foundational Model of Anatomy (FMA)-a large ontology of anatomy-complies with these 15 principles. The FMA succeeds in complying with all the principles: totally with one and mostly with the others. Reasons for non-compliance are analyzed and suggestions are made for implementing effective enforcement mechanisms in ontology development environments. The limitations of this study are also discussed. Published by Elsevier Ltd.