Inserm, LTSI - UMR_S 1099, Univ Rennes, Rennes, France.
MIPS Laboratory, University of Haute-Alsace, Mulhouse, France.
Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2018 Sep;13(9):1397-1408. doi: 10.1007/s11548-018-1824-5. Epub 2018 Jul 13.
The development of common ontologies has recently been identified as one of the key challenges in the emerging field of surgical data science (SDS). However, past and existing initiatives in the domain of surgery have mainly been focussing on individual groups and failed to achieve widespread international acceptance by the research community. To address this challenge, the authors of this paper launched a European initiative-OntoSPM Collaborative Action-with the goal of establishing a framework for joint development of ontologies in the field of SDS. This manuscript summarizes the goals and the current status of the international initiative.
A workshop was organized in 2016, gathering the main European research groups having experience in developing and using ontologies in this domain. It led to the conclusion that a common ontology for surgical process models (SPM) was absolutely needed, and that the existing OntoSPM ontology could provide a good starting point toward the collaborative design and promotion of common, standard ontologies on SPM.
The workshop led to the OntoSPM Collaborative Action-launched in mid-2016-with the objective to develop, maintain and promote the use of common ontologies of SPM relevant to the whole domain of SDS. The fundamental concept, the architecture, the management and curation of the common ontology have been established, making it ready for wider public use.
The OntoSPM Collaborative Action has been in operation for 24 months, with a growing dedicated membership. Its main result is a modular ontology, undergoing constant updates and extensions, based on the experts' suggestions. It remains an open collaborative action, which always welcomes new contributors and applications.
最近，共同本体的开发已被确定为新兴的外科数据科学（SDS）领域的关键挑战之一。然而，过去和现有的外科领域的举措主要集中在个别团体上，未能得到研究界的广泛国际认可。为了解决这一挑战，本文作者发起了一项名为 OntoSPM 合作行动的欧洲倡议，旨在为 SDS 领域的本体联合开发建立一个框架。本文档总结了该国际倡议的目标和现状。
2016 年组织了一次研讨会，聚集了在该领域具有开发和使用本体经验的主要欧洲研究小组。会议得出的结论是，绝对需要一个用于外科过程模型（SPM）的通用本体，并且现有的 OntoSPM 本体可以为共同设计和推广 SPM 的通用标准本体提供一个良好的起点。
研讨会促成了 OntoSPM 合作行动的启动——于 2016 年年中启动——旨在开发、维护和促进整个 SDS 领域中 SPM 的通用本体的使用。已经建立了通用本体的基本概念、架构、管理和策展，使其可以更广泛地供公众使用。
OntoSPM 合作行动已经运作了 24 个月，其成员不断增加。其主要成果是一个基于专家建议的不断更新和扩展的模块化本体。它仍然是一个开放的合作行动，始终欢迎新的贡献者和应用。
