title: Problems and solutions with integrating terminologies into evolving knowledge bases.
abstract: We have merged two established anatomical terminologies with an evolving ontology of biological structure: the Foundational Model of Anatomy. We describe the problems we have encountered and the solutions we have developed. We believe that both the problems and solutions generalize to the integration of any legacy terminology with a disciplined ontology within the same domain.
authors.affiliation: Structural Informatics Group, Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
authors.forename: Kurt L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Rickard
authors.forename: José L V
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mejino
authors.forename: Richard F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Augusto V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Agoncillo
authors.forename: Cornelius
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rosse
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000145:classification*; D004850:Eponyms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D009445:Neuroanatomy / Q000145:classification*; D012984:Software; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled