Abstract
NeuroML is an extensible markup language for describing complex mathematical models of neurons and neuronal networks. NeuroML is unique in its modular, multi-scale structure-not only can entire NeuroML models be exchanged, but subcomponents of these models that correspond to neuroscience objects, like channels or synapses, also can be shared and reimplemented in a different model. This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of an ontology-Assisted search for NeuroML models. Specifically, the paper describes the design of the system, including the database that stores the modular NeuroML models and the architecture of the Web-based search (neuroml-db.org). The implementation takes advantage of the nested structure of NeuroML models and the NeuroLex ontology for neuroscience to provide additional semantic information to enhance the search. In addition to NeuroLex terms that may exist in model metadata, this initial implementation takes advantage of several semantic relationships provided by the NeuroLex ontology: Is-part-of, Located-in, and Neurotransmitter. An evaluation of the system illustrates its effectiveness both for functionality and performance, covering various types of searches broken down by keyword searches over the database and ontology searches using the semantic relationships.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | ACM International Conference Proceeding Series |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Volume | 29-June-2015 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781450337090 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 29 2015 |
Event | 27th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, SSDBM 2015 - San Diego, United States Duration: Jun 29 2015 → Jul 1 2015 |
Other
Other | 27th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, SSDBM 2015 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | San Diego |
Period | 6/29/15 → 7/1/15 |
Keywords
- Model Description Languages
- NeuroLex
- NeuroML Database
- Ontology Based Search
- Scientific Database Search
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Software