Ontological realism: A methodology for coordinated evolution of scientific ontologies
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Auteurs : Barry Smith ; Werner CeustersSource :
- Applied ontology [ 1570-5838 ] ; 2010.
Abstract
Since 2002 we have been testing and refining a methodology for ontology development that is now being used by multiple groups of researchers in different life science domains. Gary Merrill, in a recent paper in this journal, describes some of the reasons why this methodology has been found attractive by researchers in the biological and biomedical sciences. At the same time he assails the methodology on philosophical grounds, focusing specifically on our recommendation that ontologies developed for scientific purposes should be constructed in such a way that their terms are seen as referring to what we call
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DOI: 10.3233/AO-2010-0079
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PubMed Central: 3104413
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