TY - GEN
T1 - Understanding conceptualizations of anatomy
T2 - 30th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, SIGDOC 2012
AU - Clarkson, Melissa
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The Foundational Model of Anatomy (FMA) ontology is a reference ontology for the domain of human anatomy. Although the FMA has been developed as a computer-parsable resource that is intended to enable computers to reason about human anatomy, it is also important to present the FMA in a manner that can be more easily understood by humans. Current interfaces for accessing the FMA do not adequately reveal the structure of the FMA to the user, nor do they support intuitive navigation through the ontology. As the first step toward designing a new interface, this paper describes an extensive inquiry into conceptualizations of both anatomy and the FMA. This user-centered process led to a design that will serve as a basis for the implementation of a web-based browser.
AB - The Foundational Model of Anatomy (FMA) ontology is a reference ontology for the domain of human anatomy. Although the FMA has been developed as a computer-parsable resource that is intended to enable computers to reason about human anatomy, it is also important to present the FMA in a manner that can be more easily understood by humans. Current interfaces for accessing the FMA do not adequately reveal the structure of the FMA to the user, nor do they support intuitive navigation through the ontology. As the first step toward designing a new interface, this paper describes an extensive inquiry into conceptualizations of both anatomy and the FMA. This user-centered process led to a design that will serve as a basis for the implementation of a web-based browser.
KW - Medicine
KW - Network visualization
KW - Ontology
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U2 - 10.1145/2379057.2379117
DO - 10.1145/2379057.2379117
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84869065599
SN - 9781450314978
T3 - SIGDOC'12 - Proceedings of the 30th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication
SP - 323
EP - 331
BT - SIGDOC'12 - Proceedings of the 30th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication
Y2 - 3 October 2012 through 5 October 2012
ER -