Antezana, E

Kuiper, M

Mironov, V

Rutherford, A

Stevens, R

{Blondé}, W

{De Baets}, B

{Egaña}, M

The application of Semantic Web technologies in the life sci- ences for data integration is still nascent. We have recently built Bio- Gateway, an RDF store that integrates all the candidate OBO Foundry ontologies with other resources such as SWISS-PROT. In the course of developing BioGateway, we faced challenges that are common to other projects that involve large datasets in diverse formats. We present a detailed analysis of the obstacles that had to be solved in creating Bio- Gateway. In doing so, we demonstrate the potential of a comprehensive application of Semantic Web technologies to global biomedical data. The time is ripe for launching a community effort aiming at a wider accep- tance and application of Semantic Web technologies in the life sciences domain. We make a public call for the creation of a forum that strives to implement a truly semantic life science foundation of a type of Systems Biology that we named Semantic Systems Biology

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Structuring the life science resourceome for Semantic Systems Biology: lessons from the BioGateway project

Structuring the life science resourceome for Semantic Systems Biology: lessons from the BioGateway project

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