Bio2RDF: Towards a mashup to build bioinformatics knowledge systems

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 706-716

  Belleau, François ^a   Nolin, Marc Alexandre ^a,b   Tourigny, Nicole ^b   Rigault, Philippe ^a   Morissette, Jean ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics database; Knowledge integration; Mashup; Ontology; Semantic web

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMMUNICATIONS; BIOINFORMATICS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEALTH; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION THEORY; ONTOLOGY; SEMANTICS; STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BIOINFORMATICS DATA; BIOINFORMATICS DATABASE; BIOINFORMATICS DATABASES; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE SPACES; KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS; MASHUP; NEW APPROACHES; OPEN SOURCES; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; SEMANTIC WEB TECHNOLOGIES; STANDARD FORMAT; THREE-STEP APPROACH;

SEMANTIC WEB;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE BASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; WEB BROWSER;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; SEMANTICS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 48249158190     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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