Knowledge Asset Ontology

Computational logic to direct clinical interventions that is typically expressed as if/then statements but may also be represented by a diagram, decision table or other representation language

has super-classes: Rule-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c

The 'HGB value prior to RBC transfusion' Recommendation Rule

clinical knowledge asset^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#ClinicalKnowledgeAsset

knowledge asset that uses primarily concepts from the clinical business domain

has super-classes: domain specific knowledge asset^c
has sub-classes: Care Process Model^c, Clinical Practice Guideline^c, Order Set^c, quality measure^c

Clinical Practice Guideline^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#ClinicalPracticeGuideline

is defined by: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO

Systematically developed statements to assist provider decisions about appropriate healthcare for specific clinical situations

has super-classes: Rule-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c; clinical knowledge asset^c

The Mayo Clinic Sternotomy Guideline

Cognitive Care Process Model^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#CognitiveCareProcessModel

Knowledge whose primary subject is the cognitive aspects of a Care Process

has super-classes: Care Process Model^c; Cognitive Process Model^c

Cognitive Process Model^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#CognitiveProcessModel

Knowledge Asset that captures how information is processed internally by an intelligent agent

has super-classes: Process-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c; has part^op some Decision Model^c
has sub-classes: Cognitive Care Process Model^c, Decision Task Model^c

Cohort Definition^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#CohortDefinition

Definition used to classify persons into classes defined by some common characteristic

has super-classes: Operational Concept Defintion^c

Computable Decision Model^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#ComputableDecisionModel

Decision Model that includes an explicit specification of its decision making logic, suitable to be faithfully expressed in a computable language

has super-classes: Decision Model^c

computational technique^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#ComputationalTechnique

Technique used in some knowledge processing task method specification that can be faithfully expressed in some machine-computable language

has super-classes: knowledge processing technique^c
has sub-classes: natural language processing technique^c, qualitative computational technique^c, quantitative computational technique^c
is disjoint with: naturalistic technique^c

Conceptual (Domain) Model^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#ConceptualModel

Abstraction of the structure and/or behavior of the entities in a given domain

has super-classes: Semantic-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c
has sub-classes: Contextualizable Knowledge^c, Factual Knowledge^c, Formal Ontology^c

Contextualizable Knowledge^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#ContextualizabledKnowledge

Conceptual Work of Knowledge that has been adapted for a given context

has super-classes: Conceptual (Domain) Model^c

decision making task^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#DecisionMakingTask

has super-classes: information processing task^c

Decision Model^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#DecisionModel

Assessment that can be abstracted by means of a question, which requires to select one out of a set of admissible options

has super-classes: Assessment Model^c
has sub-classes: Computable Decision Model^c, Semantic Decision Model^c

Decision Task Model^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#DecisionTaskModel

Model of who, when, where and why a Decision is made, usually as part of a broader process. Also known as Decision Making Process Model, usually includes a Decision Model that specifies how to actually choose the optimal option

has super-classes: Cognitive Process Model^c; defines^op some decision making task^c; part of^op some Cognitive Process Model^c
has sub-classes: Multi-Agent Decision Task Model^c

Dedicated Language^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#DedicatedLanguage

Language that has been designed specifically, and thus can be used, to faithfully express certain categories of works of knowledge, i.e. language that is known to provide constructs for some of the concepts that are expected (implied) by the type of knowledge being expressed

has super-classes: constructed language^c
has sub-classes: annotation language^c, expression language^c, ontology language^c, query language^c, rule language^c, schema language^c

Documentation Template^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#DocumentationTemplate

An organized collection of determinable concepts, possibly associated to questions, which are meant to be resolved in a particular context

has super-classes: Information-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c
has sub-classes: Questionnaire^c

domain specific knowledge asset^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#DomainSpecificKnowledgeAsset

has super-classes: domain specific work of knowledge^c; knowledge asset^c
has sub-classes: clinical knowledge asset^c

Equation^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#Equation

A functional expression, defined in terms of two functional expressions connected by means of the well known equality operator.

has super-classes: Functional Expression^c

expression language^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#ExpressionLanguage

language used to express functional derivations

has super-classes: Dedicated Language^c

Factual Knowledge^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#FactualKnowledg

Facts are suitable to be asserted

has super-classes: Conceptual (Domain) Model^c

Formal Ontology^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#FormalOntology

conceptual model that is based on formal principles, such as that allow to make inferences and/or verify the consistency of the model

has super-classes: Conceptual (Domain) Model^c

Functional Expression^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#FunctionalExpression

Knowledge about the application of well-known information processing methods, possibly chained together, which are stateless, functional and idempotent in nature.

has super-classes: Assessment Model^c
has sub-classes: Equation^c

'mass' times the square of the speed of light

grammar^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.omg.org/spec/API4KP/core#Grammar

has super-classes: Information-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c

HCI interactive technique^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#InteractiveTechnique

Technique that is based on the interaction of a Human and a Computer, in the context of a task where at least one of each participates as an agent

has super-classes: knowledge processing technique^c; has part^op some computational technique^c; has part^op some naturalistic technique^c

Inference-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#InferentialAsset

is defined by: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO

When qualitiative, knowledge of this kind can be generally abstracted by means of "if..then.." rules (or analogous formalisms). The quantitative counterpart is expressed by means of mathematical formulas. Either way, expressions are expected to be pure, functional and idempotent, even when they handle uncertainty.

Knowledge about how to assess the current, or predict the future state of a variable, quality or other characteristic of a system (e.g. a patient) which may not be directly observable, but can be estimated on the basis of other more primitive pieces of data.

has super-classes: categorized knowledge asset^c; definition^c
has sub-classes: Assessment Model^c, Operational Concept Defintion^c

A FRAX Fracture Risk Score Calculator

A Pain assessment scale

The Cockcroft-Gault equation

The Scoring Model used to calculate the CHA2DS2-VASc score

A BMI Calculator

Information Model^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#InformationModel

(Meta) model that defines which information should be captured about some kind of domain

has super-classes: Information-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c
has sub-classes: Semantic Information Model^c

Information-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#InformationAsset

Knowledge about how to acquire, represent, organize, store and distribute data, about some domain of interest, using structured formats.

has super-classes: categorized knowledge asset^c
has sub-classes: Documentation Template^c, Information Model^c, grammar^c

A logical information model for the documentation of a Blood Pressure test panel, such that it could be expressed by means of a CIMI model

A pediatric documentation template, such that it could be manifested in a digital, interactive, form-based data acquisition tool

Inquiry Specification^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#InquirySpecification

The definition of how (and possibly when and where) to ask a question, following some kind of protocol, for the purpose of receiving a specific answer, with the goal of gaining information in the process

has super-classes: Process-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c

lexicon^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.omg.org/spec/API4KP/core#Lexicon

has super-classes: Semantic-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c

logic based technique^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#LogicBasedTechnique

Technique based on formal logic

has super-classes: qualitative computational technique^c

Metric-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#MetricAsset

is defined by: file:/home/davide/Projects/API4KB/api4kbs/target/classes/API4KP/informative/kao.owl.rdf

Knowledge of this kind usually builds directly on Assessment Models (for the quantification) and Process Models (to relate the measures to the processes and their goals).

Knowledge that pertains to how certain features (qualitative and/or quantitative) of a system can be observed, quantified, aggregated, compared to a baseline and objective values and ultimately used to evaluate the performance of (parts of) that system and its processes

has super-classes: categorized knowledge asset^c
has sub-classes: quality measure^c

Multi-Agent Decision Task Model^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#MultiAgentDecisionTaskModel

Decision Task Model that requires the participation of two or more agents

has super-classes: Decision Task Model^c

natural language processing technique^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#NLPTechnique

Computational Technique based on computations applied to expressions in natural language

has super-classes: computational technique^c

naturalistic technique^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#NaturalisticTechnique

I.e. technique such that a computer would not be able to apply it, and achieve the goal of a task executed (following a method) using this technique

Technique that requires a human agent to be leveraged to full effectiveness

has super-classes: knowledge processing technique^c
is disjoint with: computational technique^c

ontology language^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#OntologyLanguage

Language used to express ontological Knowledge

has super-classes: Dedicated Language^c

Operational Concept Defintion^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#OperationalConceptDefinition

Constructive Definition of a (resolvable) Concept that specifies how to resolve that Concept in some context or situation. Some definitions have conditional applicability, limiting the class of situations in which they can be used

has super-classes: Inference-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c; constructive definition^c; knowledge processing method specification^c
has sub-classes: Cohort Definition^c

Order Set^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#OrderSet

is defined by: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO

A standardized list of orders for a specific diagnosis

has super-classes: clinical knowledge asset^c; Process-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c

The Heart Failure Medication Titration Order Set

Predictive Model^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#PredictiveModel

assessment of some state that is unobservable due to being in the future

has super-classes: Assessment Model^c

Process-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#ProcessAsset

Specifications can be imperative (define what to do) or adaptive (define what not to do), depending on how many degrees of freedom are left to an agent

Knowledge about how to perform (complex) activities, properly orchestrated over time, so to achieve certain objectives and goals

has super-classes: categorized knowledge asset^c
has sub-classes: Care Process Model^c, Cognitive Process Model^c, Inquiry Specification^c, Order Set^c, Service Description^c

qualitative computational technique^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#QualitativeTechnique

Computational Technique based on symbolic and/or logic-based principles

has super-classes: computational technique^c
has sub-classes: logic based technique^c

quality measure^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#QualityMeasure

is defined by: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO

CQMs are tools that help measure or quantify healthcare processes, outcomes, patient perceptions and organizational structure and/or systems that are associated with the ability to provide high- quality healthcare and/or that relate to one or more quality goals

has super-classes: clinical knowledge asset^c; Metric-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c

quantitative computational technique^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#QuantitativeTechnique

Computational Technique that is based on mathematical, statistical and/or numerical principles

has super-classes: computational technique^c

query based technique^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#QueryTechnique

Technique that involves requesting another agent to actually perform the task, from which the products can be obtained

has super-classes: knowledge processing technique^c

query language^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#QueryLanguage

language used to express queries

has super-classes: Dedicated Language^c

Questionnaire^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#Questionnaire

is defined by: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO

An organized collection of questions intended to solicit information from patients, providers or other individuals in the healthcare domain

has super-classes: Documentation Template^c

First Visit Questionnaire

rule language^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#RuleLanguage

Language used in the expression of (business) formal rules

has super-classes: Dedicated Language^c

Rule-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#BusinessRuleAsset

Assets in this category describe or specify how to limit an agent's degree of freedom, to prevent undesirable behaviors, in favor of more desirable ones.

Knowledge about the social, organizational and behavioral aspects of how business is (not) required, expected or permitted to be conducted, as determined by some party that has jurisdiction over an environment.

has super-classes: categorized knowledge asset^c
has sub-classes: Clinical Business Rule^c, Clinical Practice Guideline^c

schema language^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#SchemaLanguage

Language used for data and information (meta)modeling

has super-classes: Dedicated Language^c

Semantic Decision Model^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#SemanticDecisionModel

Decision Model that includes an unambiguous definition of every concept involved

has super-classes: Decision Model^c

Semantic Information Model^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#SemanticInformationModel

Information Model designed such that instances have one and only one interpretation

has super-classes: Information Model^c; has part^op some Semantic Information Model^c

Semantic-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#SemanticAsset

is defined by: file:/home/davide/Projects/API4KB/api4kbs/target/classes/API4KP/informative/kao.owl.rdf

Assets in this category can be classified along the semantic spectrum

Foundational Knowledge about (Clinical) Concepts, their definitions and mutual relationships, together with their linguistic and syntactic expressions.

has super-classes: categorized knowledge asset^c
has sub-classes: Conceptual (Domain) Model^c, Value Set^c, lexicon^c

A Drug/Drug interaction Assertional KB

The Mayo Clinic Asthma Value Set

The Ontology of Knowledge Assets, of which this OWL-based representation is an expression

service based technique^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#ServiceBasedTechnique

Technique based on delegation to another entity

has super-classes: knowledge processing technique^c

Service Description^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#ServiceDescription

has super-classes: Process-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c
has sub-classes: Service Profile^c

Service Profile^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#ServiceProfile

Service Description that refines (by constraint), and thus depends on, some Service Description

has super-classes: Service Description^c

Value Set^c back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO#ValueSet

is defined by: http://ckm.ontology.mayo.edu/ontology/KAO

A set of pairs of "codes", drawn from one or more code systems, and human-readable terms that represent clinical concepts (e.g. "diabetes type II")

has super-classes: Semantic-Oriented Knowledge Asset^c

The Asthma Value Set

This HTML document was obtained by processing the OWL ontology source code through LODE, Live OWL Documentation Environment, developed by Silvio Peroni.

Knowledge Asset Ontology

Table of Content

Introduction

Classes

annotation languagec back to ToC or Class ToC

Assessment Modelc back to ToC or Class ToC

Care Process Modelc back to ToC or Class ToC

categorized knowledge assetc back to ToC or Class ToC

Clinical Business Rulec back to ToC or Class ToC

clinical knowledge assetc back to ToC or Class ToC

Clinical Practice Guidelinec back to ToC or Class ToC

Cognitive Care Process Modelc back to ToC or Class ToC

Cognitive Process Modelc back to ToC or Class ToC

Cohort Definitionc back to ToC or Class ToC

Computable Decision Modelc back to ToC or Class ToC

computational techniquec back to ToC or Class ToC

Conceptual (Domain) Modelc back to ToC or Class ToC

Contextualizable Knowledgec back to ToC or Class ToC

decision making taskc back to ToC or Class ToC

Decision Modelc back to ToC or Class ToC

Decision Task Modelc back to ToC or Class ToC

Dedicated Languagec back to ToC or Class ToC

Documentation Templatec back to ToC or Class ToC

domain specific knowledge assetc back to ToC or Class ToC

Equationc back to ToC or Class ToC

expression languagec back to ToC or Class ToC

Factual Knowledgec back to ToC or Class ToC

Formal Ontologyc back to ToC or Class ToC

Functional Expressionc back to ToC or Class ToC

grammarc back to ToC or Class ToC

HCI interactive techniquec back to ToC or Class ToC

Inference-Oriented Knowledge Assetc back to ToC or Class ToC

Information Modelc back to ToC or Class ToC

Information-Oriented Knowledge Assetc back to ToC or Class ToC

Inquiry Specificationc back to ToC or Class ToC

lexiconc back to ToC or Class ToC

logic based techniquec back to ToC or Class ToC

Metric-Oriented Knowledge Assetc back to ToC or Class ToC

Multi-Agent Decision Task Modelc back to ToC or Class ToC

natural language processing techniquec back to ToC or Class ToC

naturalistic techniquec back to ToC or Class ToC

ontology languagec back to ToC or Class ToC

Operational Concept Defintionc back to ToC or Class ToC

Order Setc back to ToC or Class ToC

Predictive Modelc back to ToC or Class ToC

Process-Oriented Knowledge Assetc back to ToC or Class ToC

qualitative computational techniquec back to ToC or Class ToC

quality measurec back to ToC or Class ToC

quantitative computational techniquec back to ToC or Class ToC

query based techniquec back to ToC or Class ToC

query languagec back to ToC or Class ToC

Questionnairec back to ToC or Class ToC

rule languagec back to ToC or Class ToC

Rule-Oriented Knowledge Assetc back to ToC or Class ToC

schema languagec back to ToC or Class ToC

Semantic Decision Modelc back to ToC or Class ToC

Semantic Information Modelc back to ToC or Class ToC

Semantic-Oriented Knowledge Assetc back to ToC or Class ToC

service based techniquec back to ToC or Class ToC

Service Descriptionc back to ToC or Class ToC

Service Profilec back to ToC or Class ToC

Value Setc back to ToC or Class ToC

Annotation Properties

notationap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

Namespace Declarations back to ToC

annotation language^c back to ToC or Class ToC

Assessment Model^c back to ToC or Class ToC

Care Process Model^c back to ToC or Class ToC

categorized knowledge asset^c back to ToC or Class ToC

Clinical Business Rule^c back to ToC or Class ToC