The research work presented in this paper is about the design of a knowledge system architecture applied to oncology and relying on the semantic Web principles. The core of this architecture is a working knowledge system, called KASIMIR, using an object-based representation formalism and classification-based reasoning. The ontology editor PROTÉGÉ is connected with the KASIMIR system, and is ada...

Introduction: The lack of a terminology to compare medical devices together with the arbitrary and opaque nature of product registration systems are major obstacles to a more informed decision process regarding the use and acquisition of new medical devices. This paper describes the systematization of information to help in the identifi cation of similar cardiovascular implantable devices. Meth...

The OWL versions of DOLCE (DOLCE-lite.owl from the DLP3971.zip file) and BFO (bfo-1.1.owl downloaded on 13-11-’09), respectively, have been loaded into Protégé 4.0 build 113, and by using “Save as... latex” exported to a DL rendering, whereas the Manchester syntax has been copied from its “Manchester syntax rendering” view in Protégé. I did not verify if the transformations are correct; so it c...

Semantic heterogeneity is a common problem when trying to unify information from disparate data systems. In order to overcome these heterogeneities it is generally understood that no one system or convention is the best, rather that mechanisms need to be implemented in which researchers can both agree on terms or keywords used and also the establishment of a keyword structure so their relations...

BACKGROUND Although policy providers have outlined minimal metadata guidelines and naming conventions, ontologies of today still display inter- and intra-ontology heterogeneities in class labelling schemes and metadata completeness. This fact is at least partially due to missing or inappropriate tools. Software support can ease this situation and contribute to overall ontology consistency and q...

This paper reviews web ontology and semantic application to create Indonesian electronic journal citation system. Ontology describes basic the concepts in a domain and defines the components relationship. We have created the basic building blocks of ontology design which include class, slot and instance. The aim of the semantic application built in this work is to classify information from an a...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Family medicine lacks a critical mass of experienced, federally funded researchers to serve as research mentors for young investigators. The purpose of this study was to identify issues important when mentoring junior investigators. METHODS Eight experienced primary care investigators, known for their excellence in mentorship, were recruited from the Primary Care Res...