As Olivier will confirm, there are many things wrong with the
UMLS-SN, which is why an effort is currently on-going to rebuild it.
BS (01)
At 06:30 PM 10/9/2005, Cassidy, Patrick J. wrote:
>Dagobert,
> That looks like an excellent summary of a methodology to find
>commonality among the existing UOs.
> I mentioned in a previous note that I though that it might be
>helpful to focus initially on that part of existing UOs required to
>formalize and relate several existing Knowledge Classifications such as
>the UMLS-SN, FEA-RMO top level, and DoD Core Taxonomy top level. Do
>you view such a focus as consistent with the overall plan you describe?
>
>Pat
>
>
>Patrick Cassidy
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ontac-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:ontac-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dagobert
>Soergel
>Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 3:19 PM
>To: ontac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [ontac-forum] Upper ontology / common semantic model
>
>I am separating out this part of the thread.
>I apologize if some of this is obvious. It is often "hard to
>understand what is understood".
>
>This is a suggested plan of work for the upper ontology subgroup
>
>1 Collect suggested upper ontologies
>
>2 Compare and determine differences
>2.1 In elements (presence / absence and, more difficult,
>definition)
>2.2 in relationships
>
>3 Try to resolve differences, creating a superstructure that
>incorporates
> the non-contradictory parts of various schemes
>3.1 By adding elements
>3.2 By adding relationships
>
>4 Articulate the remaining differences so that they are clearly
>understood
>
>In addition, the subgroup should deal with ontologies that can be
>reused in many contexts, such as an ontology of time concepts.
>
>My reworking of the WordNet top level (attached) may be useful in this
>context.
>
>DS
>
>
>Dagobert Soergel
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>University of Maryland
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