Biomedical Informatics and Granularity. Issue 6 (2004)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kumar, Anand; Smith, Barry; Novotny, Daniel D.
• Is Part Of: Comparative and functional genomics. Volume 5:Issue 6/7(2004)
• Page Start: 501
• Page End: 508
• Publication Date: 2004
• Subjects: Genomics -- Periodicals; Genomes -- Periodicals; Cytogenetics -- Periodicals; 572.86
• DOI: 10.1002/cfg.429
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1531-6912

Abstract

Abstract : An explicit formal-ontological representation of entities existing at multiple levels of granularity is an urgent requirement for biomedical information processing. We discuss some fundamental principles which can form a basis for such a representation. We also comment on some of the implicit treatments of granularity in currently available ontologies and terminologies (GO, FMA, SNOMED CT).