Bioinformatics BI_D0010

Title : The FungalWeb Ontology: Semantic Web Challenges in Bioinformatics and Genomics
Author : Arash Shaban-Nejad, Christopher J. O. Baker, Volker Haarslev and Greg Butler
Year : 2005
Place of publish : The Semantic Web – ISWC 2005
Abstract :

 Bioinformatics and genomics cover a wide range of different data formats (i.e. annotations, pathways, structures, sequences) derived from experimental and in-silico biological analysis which are stored, used, and manipulated by scientists and machines. The volume of this data is huge and usually distributed in different locations, and often frequently being updated.
FungalWeb is the first project of its kind in Canada to focus on bringing semantic web technology to genomics. It aimed to bring together available expertise in ontologies, multi-agent systems, machine learning and natural language processing to build a tailored knowledgebase and semantic systems of direct use to the scientific discovery process in the domain of fungal genomics [1].