HCLS/OntologyTaskForce/OntologyDefinition

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Ontology Definition

  1. A very pragmatic definition encompasses (among other things) terminologies (such as SNOMED, GO) and information models (such as HL7 RIM).
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  1. A working definition with guidelines and examples from various healthcare and life science applications needs to be developed.
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  1. The current definition of an ontology as enunciated by the W3C needs to be examined and extended if required.
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  1. Ontology as a model of use needs to be emphasized in contrast to ontology as a model of meaning.
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  1. The strategy will be to assimilate current “ontology-like” artifacts and extend them to create OWL-DL ontologies demonstrating with use case examples the value achieved in doing so.
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