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Semantic Technologies and Bio-Ontologies

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Bioinformatics in MicroRNA Research

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 1617))

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As information available through data repositories constantly grows, the need for automated mechanisms for linking, querying, and sharing data has become a relevant factor both in research and industry. This situation is more evident in research fields such as the life sciences, where new experiments by different research groups are constantly generating new information regarding a wide variety of related study objects. However, current methods for representing information and knowledge are not suited for machine processing. The Semantic Technologies are a set of standards and protocols that intend to provide methods for representing and handling data that encourages reusability of information and is machine-readable. In this chapter, we will provide a brief introduction to Semantic Technologies, and how these protocols and standards have been incorporated into the life sciences to facilitate dissemination and access to information.

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    https://www.w3.org/.

  2. 2.

    https://www.w3.org/RDF/.

  3. 3.

    https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-schema/.

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    http://www.w3.org/2004/OWL/.

  5. 5.

    http://www.swat4ls.org/.

  6. 6.

    http://bioportal.bioontology.org/.

  7. 7.

    http://www.obofoundry.org/.

  8. 8.

    https://www.quetzal-search.info/.

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  1. Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Oregon, 120 Deschutes Hall, 1477 E. 13th Ave., Eugene, OR, 97403, USA

    Fernando Gutierrez

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  1. School of Computing, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA

    Jingshan Huang

  2. Department of Pharmacology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA

    Glen M. Borchert

  3. Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA

    Dejing Dou

  4. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA

    Jun (Luke) Huan

  5. School of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, Shandong, China

    Wenjun Lan

  6. Mitchel Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA

    Ming Tan

  7. Department of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

    Bin Wu

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Gutierrez, F. (2017). Semantic Technologies and Bio-Ontologies. In: Huang, J., et al. Bioinformatics in MicroRNA Research. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1617. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7046-9_6

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