SUO: suggested draft vertebrate animal Ontology.
Jim et al,
. I gather no-one replied with a medical ontology.
. I'm not sure that this qualifies as an ontology, but I have
been thinking about having a go at a defining physiology for vertebrate
animals on Planet Earth. I am trying to guess how much complexity is
appropriate for the SUO. I suggest this may be appropriate, since it would
cover so much of the life present on this planet.
. In view of my lack of expertise in the "logical languages",
it would be in plain English "dot point format", but I would hope it would
be reasonably unambiguous. I would be happy to assist anyone wishing to
translate it into SUO-KIF, ACE, etc.
. Basically, I propose to group structures in what appears to
me to be a logical pattern.
* Body temperature (significant since this is often used as an
indicator for illness),
* Basic form:
* Skin - the external covering of the entire being of the animal;
* Muscles - the tissue able to be contracted along its length to make
movements in the being;
* the Vascular system;
* the Nervous system - electrically conductive fibres acting as
information carriers;
* Body (trunk), containing most organs, and comprising:
* Chest (Thorax), and
* Belly (Abdomen),
* Head, location defining the "top front" of the animal; and
* 4 Limbs;
. The attempt would be to provide a reasonably comprehensive
generic structure. It would involve breaking things up into logical groups
that are independent of each other, and go into multiple layers of depth.
. Comments, etc. welcomed. If this is not in the nature of an
ontology, I would appreciate some elaboration of the ways in which it
doesn't comply with the definition, so I can get a better appreciation of
what we are hoping to produce.
Cheers Graham Horn
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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