[Data-modeling] anatomical structure

Faye Harris faye at metaweb.com
Tue Dec 23 22:25:10 UTC 2008


The Anatomical Structure in the Medicine domain -- as does every other 
type in the Medicine domain, such as Disease, Hospital, Hormone -- 
applies to humans only.

Sounds like you're proposing a new type. Perhaps in the Biology domain?

-- Faye


Brian Karlak wrote:
>
> The type description for "anatomical structure" states that it refers 
> to "any discrete part of the human body".
>
> What about anatomical structures unique to non-human animals?  People 
> do not have tails <http://www.freebase.com/view/en/tail>, hocks 
> <http://www.freebase.com/view/en/hock>, or paws 
> <http://www.freebase.com/view/en/paw>.
>
> What should they be typed as?
>
> Brian
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