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Chris Mungall edited this page Jul 10, 2013 · 4 revisions

Inter-ontology disjointness axioms

Permanent URL: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/references/reference_0000016

Status: intermediate draft

Authors and contributors:

  • Chris Mungall (author)

Date: 2012

Document Type: ontology_design_pattern

Abstract

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Uberon contains explicit disjointness axioms between Uberon classes and classes in external ontologies.

For example:

  • neck of organ DisjointWith MA:neck organ
  • hypodermis DisjointWith WBbt:hypodermis

These axioms can be used by humans and computers to avoid accidentally falsely equating distinct structures based on nomenclature. In many cases these exioms are redundant with more general disjointness axioms within the ontology, but are still retained as a separate explicit confirmation of disjointness.

Note that in OWL, DisjointWith refers purely to class disjointness, not spatial disjointness.

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