%0 Conference Paper %1 Scheuermann2009a %A Scheuermann, Richard H %A Ceusters, Werner %A Smith, Barry %B 2009 AMIA Summit on Translational Bioinformatics %C San Francisco, CA %D 2009 %K Knowledge Representation %P 116--120 %T Toward an Ontological Treatment of Disease and Diagnosis %X Effective knowledge representation requires the use of standardized vocabularies to ensure both shared understanding between people and interoperability between information systems. Unfortunately, many existing biomedical vocabulary standards rest on incomplete, inconsistent or confused accounts of basic terms pertaining to diseases, diagnoses, and clinical phenotypes. Here we outline what we believe to be a logically and biologically coherent framework for the representation of such entities and of the relations between them. We defend a view of disease as involving in every case some physical basis within the organism that bears a disposition toward the execution of pathological processes. We present our view in the form of a list of terms and definitions designed to provide a consistent starting point for the representation of both disease and diagnosis in information systems in the future.

@inproceedings{Scheuermann2009a, abstract = {Effective knowledge representation requires the use of standardized vocabularies to ensure both shared understanding between people and interoperability between information systems. Unfortunately, many existing biomedical vocabulary standards rest on incomplete, inconsistent or confused accounts of basic terms pertaining to diseases, diagnoses, and clinical phenotypes. Here we outline what we believe to be a logically and biologically coherent framework for the representation of such entities and of the relations between them. We defend a view of disease as involving in every case some physical basis within the organism that bears a disposition toward the execution of pathological processes. We present our view in the form of a list of terms and definitions designed to provide a consistent starting point for the representation of both disease and diagnosis in information systems in the future.}, added-at = {2015-01-14T21:25:14.000+0100}, address = {San Francisco, CA}, author = {Scheuermann, Richard H and Ceusters, Werner and Smith, Barry}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b18b4386a6dc6fdfb6373df9cf7e88a3/diverzulu}, booktitle = {2009 AMIA Summit on Translational Bioinformatics}, file = {:D\:\\ASUS-FINO\\Inkhognito_M\\David\\PhD\\Web Semântica\\Biomedicine Ontology\\OGMS\\2009-amia-Toward an Ontological Treatment of Disease and Diagnosis.pdf:PDF}, interhash = {7582e9d9ec5975d71350c7e7a69d0fa1}, intrahash = {b18b4386a6dc6fdfb6373df9cf7e88a3}, keywords = {Knowledge Representation}, pages = {116--120}, timestamp = {2015-01-14T21:25:14.000+0100}, title = {Toward an Ontological Treatment of Disease and Diagnosis}, year = 2009 }