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SW Application Examples (cont)

Baby CareLink
  • centre of information for the treatment of premature babies
  • provides an OWL service as a Web Service
    • combines disparate vocabularies like medical, insurance, etc
    • remember: ontology is hard!
    • users can add new entries to ontologies
    • complex questions can be asked through the service
  • perfect example for the synergy of Web Services and the Semantic Web!
  • perfect example for the synergy of Web Services and
  • the Semantic Web!

Ivan Herman, W3C Head of Offices
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