A Prototype Knowledge Base for the Life Sciences Export

@techreport{citeulike:5115304, abstract = {The prototype we describe is a biomedical knowledge base, constructed for a demonstration at Banff WWW2007 , that integrates 15 distinct data sources using currently available Semantic Web technologies such as the W3C standard Web Ontology Language [OWL] and Resource Description Framework [RDF]. This report outlines which resources were integrated, how the knowledge base was constructed using free and open source triple store technology, how it can be queried using the W3C Recommended RDF query language SPARQL [SPARQL], and what resources and inferences are involved in answering complex queries. While the utility of the knowledge base is illustrated by identifying a set of genes involved in Alzheimer's Disease, the approach described here can be applied to any use case that integrates data from multiple domains.}, author = {Ruttenberg, Alan and Rees, Jonathan and Stephens, Susie and Samwald, Matthias and Cheung, Kei-Hoi}, citeulike-article-id = {5115304}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.w3.org/TR/hcls-kb/}, editor = {Marshall, Scott and Prud'hommeaux, Eric}, keywords = {bioinformatics, methodologies, ontologies, owl, rdf, semantic-data-integration, sysbio}, posted-at = {2009-07-11 08:47:39}, priority = {2}, title = {A Prototype Knowledge Base for the Life Sciences}, url = {http://www.w3.org/TR/hcls-kb/} }

TY - RPRT ID - citeulike:5115304 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5115304 N2 - The prototype we describe is a biomedical knowledge base, constructed for a demonstration at Banff WWW2007 , that integrates 15 distinct data sources using currently available Semantic Web technologies such as the W3C standard Web Ontology Language [OWL] and Resource Description Framework [RDF]. This report outlines which resources were integrated, how the knowledge base was constructed using free and open source triple store technology, how it can be queried using the W3C Recommended RDF query language SPARQL [SPARQL], and what resources and inferences are involved in answering complex queries. While the utility of the knowledge base is illustrated by identifying a set of genes involved in Alzheimer's Disease, the approach described here can be applied to any use case that integrates data from multiple domains. TI - A Prototype Knowledge Base for the Life Sciences KW - bioinformatics KW - methodologies KW - ontologies KW - owl KW - rdf KW - semantic-data-integration KW - sysbio AU - Ruttenberg, Alan AU - Rees, Jonathan AU - Stephens, Susie AU - Samwald, Matthias AU - Cheung, Kei-Hoi A2 - Marshall, Scott A2 - Prud'hommeaux, Eric UR - http://www.w3.org/TR/hcls-kb/ ER -