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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Inform. 2016 Jun 23;62:90–105. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2016.06.008

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

An overview of the workflow of the Ontology Abstraction Framework. (a) All ontologies are converted into a standardized representation, abstracting away differences and idiosyncrasies. (b) The partial-area taxonomy derivation methodology is defined in terms of the standardized ontology representation, making it applicable to any ontology in a format that is supported by the OAF. (c) The partial-area taxonomy is visualized within the OAF, enabling a user to explore how the underlying ontology is summarized. Viewing the summary may provide users with new insights into the ontology, supporting quality assurance.