The use cases for terminologies and ontologies in medicine are not always trivial, but sometimes require quite complex algorithms. One of the biggest challenges is the processing of continuous or free ...

The failure of many bio-ontologies to follow international standards for ontology design and description is hampering their application and threatens to restrict their future use. “Progress will still ...

In a previous article, I looked at how ontologies can help tackle some of the life sciences’ big data challenges by FAIRifying data, making it Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable.

In recent years, drug discovery has charted a new course towards targeted precision therapies as we enter the age of the niche-buster drug – i.e., drugs targeted at under-served disease subpopulations ...

With the help of ontologies and ECL, a formal definition can now be found and applied. A concrete example: We want to check whether the gender of a patient matches their diagnosis. To do this, we ...