I have always had a love-hate relationship with data management. On the one hand, I find it incredibly important and believe that if I can properly link my work to metadata, in-depth texts, and more, it would be so much more valuable; on the other hand, I’ve never really had the time or the resources to truly sit down and tackle it.
But now I have to. And secretly, I think that’s really cool. So, I’ve already spent weeks looking into how I can achieve this myself. Theoretically, I know what I want: to create a database structure based on the ontology of the animal species I am working with, linking the objects within an anatomical 3D model of an animal to the specific classes within that ontology. These classes, in turn, have attributes such as age and axioms (logical rules) and the like. I also know what I need to do to categorize the objects within a model in this way. But tying it all together like that will keep me busy for a while yet.
Still, this is important. Because if I want to establish a good model for what I have in mind, I must find or build an application to ensure I can do this in a truly automated way. And not only that: the application must be designed in such a way that presenting that data is intuitive and accessible. Because ultimately, what I have in mind will become the basis for education in the field of comparative anatomy. Therefore, ontologies must be comparable so that you can eventually compare the actual anatomical 3D model of animal A with the anatomical 3D model of animal B.
We have already done something in this area at Anitomical by creating mainly general categories at the organ system level, so it is certainly possible. But what you want is for it to be fully standardized and usable for other researchers.
Actually, I’m certain that what I’m thinking of here has already been developed somewhere, but I still need to track it down. I already have some papers in this field, but now I’m looking for something at a higher level that focuses more on where we want to go with standardized ontologies.
Reading these at the moment:
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