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Table 1 Research questions raised in the planning step of the SLM process. The first column identifies the research question, while the second column describes the question itself. The research questions are based on the literature

From: The use of foundational ontologies in biomedical research

ID

Research question

RQ1

How are foundational ontologies used in biomedical research?

RQ2

What are the claimed advantages of using foundational ontologies in biomedical research?

RQ3

What are the claimed drawbacks of using foundational ontologies in biomedical research?

RQ4

What is the empirical evidence for the advantages and drawbacks of using foundational ontologies in biomedical research?

RQ5

From the total number of papers that describe the development of a biomedical ontology, how many use existing formal ontology development and evaluation methods?