Ontology Creation and Management Tools: the Case of Anatomical Connectivity

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15780v1
• Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 09:10:29 GMT
• Title: Ontology Creation and Management Tools: the Case of Anatomical Connectivity
• Authors: Natallia Kokash, Bernard de Bono, Tom Gillespie,
• Abstract summary: ApiNATOMY is a framework for the representation of multiscale physiological circuit maps.<n>It integrates a Knowledge Representation (KR) model and a suite of Knowledge Management (KM) tools.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: We are developing infrastructure to support researchers in mapping data related to the peripheral nervous system and other physiological systems, with an emphasis on their relevance to the organs under investigation. The nervous system, a complex network of nerves and ganglia, plays a critical role in coordinating and transmitting signals throughout the body. To aid in this, we have created ApiNATOMY, a framework for the topological and semantic representation of multiscale physiological circuit maps. ApiNATOMY integrates a Knowledge Representation (KR) model and a suite of Knowledge Management (KM) tools. The KR model enables physiology experts to easily capture interactions between anatomical entities, while the KM tools help modelers convert high-level abstractions into detailed models of physiological processes, which can be integrated with external ontologies and knowledge graphs.

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