TY - JOUR
T1 - Conceptual knowledge acquisition in biomedicine
T2 - A methodological review
AU - Payne, Philip R.O.
AU - Mendonça, Eneida A.
AU - Johnson, Stephen B.
AU - Starren, Justin B.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by NLM training Grant N01-LM07079.
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - The use of conceptual knowledge collections or structures within the biomedical domain is pervasive, spanning a variety of applications including controlled terminologies, semantic networks, ontologies, and database schemas. A number of theoretical constructs and practical methods or techniques support the development and evaluation of conceptual knowledge collections. This review will provide an overview of the current state of knowledge concerning conceptual knowledge acquisition, drawing from multiple contributing academic disciplines such as biomedicine, computer science, cognitive science, education, linguistics, semiotics, and psychology. In addition, multiple taxonomic approaches to the description and selection of conceptual knowledge acquisition and evaluation techniques will be proposed in order to partially address the apparent fragmentation of the current literature concerning this domain.
AB - The use of conceptual knowledge collections or structures within the biomedical domain is pervasive, spanning a variety of applications including controlled terminologies, semantic networks, ontologies, and database schemas. A number of theoretical constructs and practical methods or techniques support the development and evaluation of conceptual knowledge collections. This review will provide an overview of the current state of knowledge concerning conceptual knowledge acquisition, drawing from multiple contributing academic disciplines such as biomedicine, computer science, cognitive science, education, linguistics, semiotics, and psychology. In addition, multiple taxonomic approaches to the description and selection of conceptual knowledge acquisition and evaluation techniques will be proposed in order to partially address the apparent fragmentation of the current literature concerning this domain.
KW - Conceptual knowledge
KW - Knowledge acquisition
KW - Knowledge engineering
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34548240138&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jbi.2007.03.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jbi.2007.03.005
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17482521
AN - SCOPUS:34548240138
SN - 1532-0464
VL - 40
SP - 582
EP - 602
JO - Journal of Biomedical Informatics
JF - Journal of Biomedical Informatics
IS - 5
ER -