FYI: Workshop proceedings available for "Signs, Symptoms and Findings: First Steps Toward an Ontology of Clinical Phenotypes"

2008-09-04 Thread Ogbuji, Chimezie
The slides for the presentations given during the Signs, Symptoms and Findings: First Steps Toward an Ontology of Clinical Phenotypes workshop are available below (linked from the relevant agenda entries): http://bioontology.org/wiki/index.php/DallasWorkshop Chimezie (chee-meh) Ogbuji EECS Ph.D

The Open world assumption shoe does not always fit - was: RE: [ontolog-forum] Fwd: Ontolog invited speaker session - Dr. Mark Greaves on the Halo Project - Thu 2008.06.19

2008-06-26 Thread Ogbuji, Chimezie
Hey, Pat. Comments below > I would disagree about this case being the exception. >Negation as failure can be validly used to infer from a >failure if the data is controlled (which is especially the >case with well-designed experiments where it would be >irresponsible to to do

RE: An argument for bridging information models and ontologies at the syntactic level

2008-04-16 Thread Ogbuji, Chimezie
Hello, Dan. Comments inline below. I'll start with my general understanding of data and measurements and see if I can't converge on an answer to your question. By data, I mean anything that is captured in some (mostly electronic) medium and typically represents or is a proxy for some phenomenon

RE: An argument for bridging information models and ontologies at the syntactic level

2008-04-15 Thread Ogbuji, Chimezie
A (perhaps) naive question, inline below. >-Original Message- >From: Dan Russler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Hi Dirk, >Your understanding of "disease" is entirely in synch with mine. >However, my professors in science felt that all measurements >were abstractions with a high degree of po

RE: An argument for bridging information models and ontologies at the syntactic level

2008-04-11 Thread Ogbuji, Chimezie
tems Analyst Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cleveland Clinic Foundation 9500 Euclid Avenue/ W26 Cleveland, Ohio 44195 Office: (216)444-8593 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Dan Corwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 4/11/2008 3:20 AM To: Ogbuji, Chimezie Cc: Oniki, Tom (G

RE: An argument for bridging information models and ontologies at the syntactic level

2008-04-10 Thread Ogbuji, Chimezie
Thanks for that drill down, Tom. It gives a good backdrop to call out important distinctions [[[ * Clinical care - what we do to the patient based on our assessments of the pathophysology of the patient * I'm not sure if Alan is deliberately saying that this "clinical care"

RE: An argument for bridging information models and ontologies at the syntactic level

2008-03-26 Thread Ogbuji, Chimezie
[[ [VK] I am not sure whether there is merit in the differentiation between terminologies and information models as they are essentially the same thing. Take a look at Snomed, and you would know what I mean. ]] Okay, for me, the difference is whether or not the underlying language

RE: An argument for bridging information models and ontologies at the syntactic level

2008-03-26 Thread Ogbuji, Chimezie
rch 26, 2008 1:22 PM To: Booth, David (HP Software - Boston) Cc: Ogbuji, Chimezie; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org Subject: Re: An argument for bridging information models and ontologies at the syntactic level Chimezie, excellent obse

An argument for bridging information models and ontologies at the syntactic level

2008-03-25 Thread Ogbuji, Chimezie
For some time I have had a concern about a theme in the more common approaches to bridging information models and ontologies as a path towards bringing the advantages of the Semantic Web technologies to 'legacy' healthcare terminology systems. I wanted to speak on this topic for some time b

RE: Clinical semantics and coverage in OBI / OBO - was Re: HCLS SW "Web Metro Map"

2007-06-06 Thread Ogbuji, Chimezie
0:36 PM To: Ogbuji, Chimezie; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Clinical semantics and coverage in OBI / OBO - was Re: HCLS SW "Web Metro Map" > Theoretically, it should mostly be a matter of names not semantics. > At