title: Challenges in reconciling different views of neuroanatomy in a reference ontology of anatomy.
abstract: A fundamental requirement for integrating neuroscience data is a well-structured ontology that can incorporate, accommodate and reconcile different neuroanatomical views. Here we describe the challenges in creating such ontology, and, because of its principled design, illustrate the potential of the Foundational Model of Anatomy to be that ontology.
authors.affiliation: Structural Informatics Group, Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
authors.forename: José L V
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mejino
authors.forename: Richard F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Landon T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Detwiler
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Brinkley
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000145:classification*; D009445:Neuroanatomy / Q000145:classification*; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled