@inproceedings{7762f2977bd94ff8a01c102aae4b4db0,
title = "A visual representation of part-whole relationships in BFO-conformant ontologies",
abstract = "In the graphical representation of ontologies, in particular for part\_whole relationships, it is customary to use graph theory as the representational background. We claim here that the standard graph-based approach has a number of limitations, and because of that we propose a better way to represent part\_whole structures for ontologies developed in accordance with the Basic Formal Ontology, one that will reduce visual pollution and ground part\_whole on a more rigorous visual representation. The experiments we carried out indicate we achieved the stated benefits and that the proposed representation is useful for the development of information systems in general and in particular for biomedical systems and applications.",
keywords = "Basic formal ontology, Biomedical ontologies, Graph-based ontology representation, Ontology, Part-whole",
author = "\{de Oliveira\}, \{Jos{\'e} M.Parente\} and Barry Smith",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing AG 2017.; 5th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, WorldCIST ; Conference date: 11-04-2017 Through 13-04-2017",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-56535-4\_19",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319565347",
series = "Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "184--194",
editor = "Reis, \{Luis Paulo\} and Sandra Costanzo and Alvaro Rocha and Hojjat Adeli and Correia, \{Ana Maria\}",
booktitle = "Recent Advances in Information Systems and Technologies",
address = "Germany",
}