Meta-data approach to querying multiple biomedical ontologies
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsRavi Kiran Reddy Palla, Dan G. Tecuci, Vinay Damodar Shet, Mathaeus Dejori
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Abstract
A method for retrieving information spread across a plurality of different ontologies, including: defining a meta-ontology, wherein the meta-ontology includes high-level properties and their mappings to specific properties defined in a plurality of different ontologies; receiving a question, wherein the question is associated with a high-level property; and providing an answer to the question, wherein the answer is determined by using the meta-ontology.
Claims21
A method for retrieving information spread across a plurality of different ontologies, comprising:
- defining a meta-ontology, wherein the meta-ontology includes high-level properties and their mappings to specific properties defined in a plurality of different ontologies;
- receiving a question, wherein the question is associated with a high-level property;
- and
- providing an answer to the question, wherein the answer is determined by using the meta-ontology.
A system, comprising:
- a memory device for storing a program;
- a processor in communication with the memory device, the processor operative with the program to:
- define a meta-ontology, wherein the meta-ontology includes high-level properties and their mappings to specific properties defined in a plurality of different ontologies;
- receive a question, wherein the question is associated with a high-level property;
- and
- provide an answer to the question, wherein the answer is determined by using the meta-ontology.
A computer program product, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to perform the steps of:
- defining a meta-ontology, wherein the meta-ontology includes high-level properties and their mappings to specific properties defined in a plurality of different ontologies;
- receiving a question, wherein the question is associated with a high-level property;
- and
- providing an answer to the question, wherein the answer is determined by using the meta-ontology.
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