Anatomy Workshop Invitation

[chris mungall]

I had previously set up a mailing list for the discussion of anatomy  
ontologies within the context of OBO and the OBO Foundry; you can  
subscribe here:
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/obo-anatomy
or send me an email and I will subscribe you.

The list is an open list for the discussion of the issues Suzi mentions  
below, and anything else pertaining to anatomical ontologies; this list  
will be announced on obo-discuss too.

See you in September!
Chris

On Mar 16, 2006, at 1:27 PM, Suzanna Lewis wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> We are organizing a Workshop for the Ontology of Anatomy on September  
> 8-9, 2006 in
> Seattle, Washington. We have met before for a number of related  
> purposes, but never to explicitly address anatomical ontology itself.  
> Each of you are actively involved in the development and continued  
> improvements to a particular anatomy, for various organisms.  
> Regardless of organism differences, if we use common methodologies and  
> principles to build our ontologies then, ultimately, this will enable  
> us to tackle the big issue: to recognize homologous anatomical  
> structures of different species.
>
> The main focus of this workshop is to pave the way for  
> interoperability between the anatomical ontologies developed for  
> various organisms (including human) by agreeing on shared  
> methodologies for build our respecting ontology. Its objectives are to  
> develop:
>
> 1. a list of relations used within anatomical anatomies, their  
> definitions, and their consistent use within anatomy ontologies (esp  
> part_of);
>
> 2. a list of major organizational units of biological organisms at all  
> levels of granular partitions (e.g. biological macromolecule, cell,  
> organ);
>
> 3. a representation of developmental stages of organisms, that is, are  
> anatomy and development two separate, or one single integrated  
> ontology? If separate what are the relations between them and how  
> should they be applied;
>
> 4. a method that allows automated reasoners to recognize homologous  
> anatomical structures of different species.
>
> For the usual practical reasons we want to keep the number of people  
> attending small. We want to limit it to those who are in the trenches  
> building these ontologies, since it sharpens the mind to have a  
> tangible problem to be solved. If there is someone in your group who  
> might be more appropriate, or if there is a particular group or person  
> who has slipped our minds, please let us know, but we do want to limit  
> participants to those who have more than a passing interest. Your  
> applied ontology is your ticket in as it were.
>
> Suggestions for additional topics to cover are very welcome. We  
> (Fabian) have set up a URL for the work shop. Right now, there is  
> nothing on this page. But this is the place where people will be able  
> to find logistic details about the workshop as it forms.
>
> http://smi.stanford.edu/projects/cbio/mwiki-internal/index.php/ 
> Anatomy_Ontology_Workshop
>
> BTW, please let us introduce Fabian Neuhaus to you. He is a bright  
> young man who is now a post-doc with Barry Smith, and truly  
> understands the implications of what we put into our ontologies (and  
> is very good at pointing these out!). He will working with us to make  
> the meeting productive.
>
> Looking forward to seeing you in the fall,
>
> Suzi, Michael, Fabian, and Monte
>