Emerging practices for mapping and linking life sciences data using RDF - A case series

Journal of Web Semantics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages 2-13

  Marshall, M Scott ^a,b   Boyce, Richard ^c   Deus, Helena F ^d   Zhao, Jun ^e   Willighagen, Egon L ^f   Samwald, Matthias ^g,h   Pichler, Elgar ⁱ   Hajagos, Janos ^j   Prud'Hommeaux, Eric ^k   Stephens, Susie ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^h VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

ⁱ NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Data integration; Health care; Life sciences; Linked Data; Semantic web

Indexed keywords

DATA INTEGRATION; DATA SETS; DRUG TARGETS; HETEROGENEOUS INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LIFE-SCIENCES; LINKED DATUM; MICROARRAY DATA SETS; RDF DATA; RECOMMENDED PRACTICE; RESOURCE DESCRIPTION FRAMEWORK; SIDE EFFECT; SMALL MOLECULES; TASK FORCE;

DRUG THERAPY; HEALTH CARE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; METADATA; RESEARCH; SEMANTIC WEB; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

DATA HANDLING;

EID: 84862009031     PISSN: 15708268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.websem.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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