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Journal of Biotechnology & Bioresearch

Definitions in Biomedical Ontologies: The Method ONTODEF

  • Open or CloseAmanda Damasceno de Souza1 and Mauricio Barcellos Almeida2*

    1Graduate Program in Information Systems & Knowledge Management, FUMEC University, Brazil

    2Graduate Program in Knowledge Organization & Management, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

    *Corresponding author: Mauricio Barcellos Almeida, Graduate Program in Knowledge Organization & Management, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Submission: March 04, 2022; Published: April 14, 2022

Abstract

Definitions are very important devices to build useful biomedical ontologies. The formulation of formal definitions should follow Aristotelian tennets. This paper aims to describe OntoDef, a method for the creation of suitable definitions for ontologies. The main contribution of the OntoDef method is to make explicit the identity of entities related to biomedical terms under definition, in establishing necessary and sufficient conditions.

Keywords: Definitions; Textual definitions; Biomedical ontology; Genus; Differrentia; Ontodef method

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