Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Anatomical ontologies: names and places in biology. | Opinion Anatomical ontologies names and places in biology Richard Baldock and Albert Burger Address Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit Edinburgh EH4 2XU UK. Correspondence Richard Baldock. E-mail Published 15 March 2005 Genome Biology 2005 6 108 doi gb-2005-6-4-l08 The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at http 2005 6 4 108 2005 BioMed Central Ltd Abstract Ontology has long been the preserve of philosophers and logicians. Recently ideas from this field have been picked up by computer scientists as a basis for encoding knowledge and with the hope of achieving interoperability and intelligent system behavior. In bioinformatics ontologies might allow hitherto impossible query and data-mining activities. We review the use of anatomy ontologies to represent space in biological organisms specifically mouse and human. Ontologies and biology Biological science is a knowledge-intensive discipline. To become expert in any field in biology requires an extensive apprenticeship and a long experience in the field. Use of bioinformatic resources often requires similar expertise and having both together is rare within a research group let alone in an individual. Ontologies are emerging as the key mechanism for encoding structured knowledge and when used in the context of resources such as bioinformatics databases they open the possibility for more automated use of biological data. Traditionally a subject of study in philosophy ontologies are now a key topic for the development of the semantic web 1 -the next generation of the worldwide web - as well as for the semantic grid 2 . Here the term grid refers to the extension of the more familiar worldwide web to include complex high-performance computing databases and collaborative virtual organizations and semantic indicates that this next generation of the web will include structure that will convey meaning rather than an .
