On the formalization and reuse of scientific research

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 8, Issue 63, 2011, Pages 1440-1448

  King, Ross D ^a   Liakata, Maria ^a   Lu, Chuan ^a   Oliver, Stephen G ^b   Soldatova, Larisa N ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Logic; Ontology; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Semantic web

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; METADATA; ONTOLOGY; SEMANTIC WEB; SEMANTICS; USER INTERFACES; YEAST;

ANALYSIS MODELS; ENHANCED GROWTH; FORMAL FRAMEWORK; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; LOGIC; LOGICAL FORMALISM; SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; WORKED EXAMPLES;

INVESTMENTS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY; LOGIC; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REUSE; ROBOTICS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCIENTIST; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 80052223051     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0029     Document Type: Article

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