Aiming to understand the Concept of Ontologies

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Dr. Fridsma’s lecture on Ontologies gave me comprehensive idea regarding the importance of semantics in enormous data retrieval and management systems. Though I came across this term “ontology” quite a few times, I have never thought of its real time applications in advancing biological as well as biomedical research. Ontologies… are conceptual models that aim to support consistent and unambiguous knowledge sharing and that provide a framework for knowledge integration.


Few papers on Biomedical ontologies gave me a better understanding of this concept……..

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=18660879

http://bib.oxfordjournals.org.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/cgi/content/full/9/1/75

Text mining and ontologies in biomedicine: Making sense of raw text

http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/ehost/pdf?vid=2&hid=107&sid=ce9c30a3-7693-4190-8dfa-86349ee70e69%40sessionmgr104

Semantic similarity in biomedical ontologies.

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=19649320

OntologyWidget -for easily locating ontology terms

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=17854506

Like the wine example given in the lecture, any other realistic examples would help us grasping this concept effectively. If anyone could get to know such examples, please try to post them.

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Harsha