Title of article
Adapting Clinical Ontologies in Real-World Environments
Author/Authors
Stenzhorn, Holger University Medical Center Freiburg - Institute for Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics, Germany , Stenzhorn, Holger Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science, Germany , Schulz, Stefan University Medical Center Freiburg - Institute for Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics, Germany , Boeker, Martin University Medical Center - Institute for Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics, Germany , Smith, Barry University at Buffalo - Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences - Department of Philosophy, USA
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3767
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3780
Abstract
The desideratum of semantic interoperability has been intensively discussed in medical informatics circles in recent years. Originally, experts assumed that this issue could be sufficiently addressed by insisting simply on the application of shared clinical terminologies or clinical information models. However, the use of the term ‘ontology’ has been steadily increasing more recently. We discuss criteria for distinguishing clinical ontologies from clinical terminologies and information models. Then, we briefly present the role clinical ontologies play in two multicentric research projects. Finally, we discuss the interactions between these different kinds of knowledge representation artifacts and the stakeholders involved in developing interoperational real-world clinical applications. We provide ontology engineering examples from two EU-funded projects.
Keywords
Clinical Ontologies , Formal Ontologies , Knowledge Representation
Journal title
Journal of J.UCS (Journal of Universal Computer Science)
Journal title
Journal of J.UCS (Journal of Universal Computer Science)
Record number
2661102
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