Generation of open biomedical datasets through ontology-driven transformation and integration processes.

Journal: Journal of biomedical semantics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Biomedical research usually requires combining large volumes of data from multiple heterogeneous sources, which makes difficult the integrated exploitation of such data. The Semantic Web paradigm offers a natural technological space for data integration and exploitation by generating content readable by machines. Linked Open Data is a Semantic Web initiative that promotes the publication and sharing of data in machine readable semantic formats.

Authors

  • María Del Carmen Legaz-García
    Departamento de Informática y Sistemas, Universidad de Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia, 30071, Spain.
  • Jose Antonio Miñarro-Giménez
    Institute of Medical Informatics, Statistics, and Documentation, Medical University of Graz, Austria.
  • Marcos Menárguez-Tortosa
    Faculty of Computer Science, Universidad de Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca, Spain.
  • Jesualdo Tomás Fernández-Breis
    Faculty of Computer Science, Universidad de Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca, Spain.