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
© 1994-2004, W3C (MIT,ERCIM,Keio)
Brussels, 19 April, 2004
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