The use of foundational ontologies in biomedical research

• Published in: Journal of biomedical semantics Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 21 - 14
• Main Authors: Bernabé, César H., Queralt-Rosinach, Núria, Silva Souza, Vítor E., Bonino da Silva Santos, Luiz Olavo, Mons, Barend, Jacobsen, Annika, Roos, Marco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 11.12.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Biological Ontologies; Biomedical ontologies; Biomedical Research; Cell cycle; Controlled vocabularies; Data analysis; Empirical analysis; FAIR; Formal method; Foundational ontologies; Information management; Interoperability; Maintainability; Mapping; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Metadata; Methods; Ontology; Research methodology; Review; Systematic literature mapping; Technology application; Terminology; Vocabulary, Controlled; Brazil; FAIR; Systematic literature mapping; Biomedical ontologies; Foundational ontologies

The FAIR principles recommend the use of controlled vocabularies, such as ontologies, to define data and metadata concepts. Ontologies are currently modelled following different approaches, sometimes describing conflicting definitions of the same concepts, which can affect interoperability. To cope...