W3C Semantic Web Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group News and Events Archive

The Semantic Web for Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group (HCLSIG) is chartered to develop and support the use of Semantic Web technologies and practices to improve collaboration, research and development, and innovation adoption in the of Health Care and Life Science domains. The following is an archive of News and Events of this work.

W3C Semantic Web HCLS Meeting Jan 25-26, 2006 in Boston, MA., 2005-11-22 The W3C Semantic Web Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group is scheduling their first Face to Face meeting on January 25-26, 2006 in Boston, MA. DRAFT AGENDA

W3C Group Links Semantic Web With Medical Industry, 2005-11-21: W3C is pleased to announce the launch of the Semantic Web Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group (HCLSIG). Chaired by Tonya Hongsermeier (Partners Healthcare) and Eric Neumann (Unaffiliated), the group is chartered through December 2007 to improve collaboration, research and development, and innovation adoption in the health care and life science industries. Aiding decision-making in clinical research, Semantic Web technologies will bridge many forms of biological and medical information across institutions. Read the press release and visit the Semantic Web home page

Journal of Web Semantics extension2005-11-01: Journal of Web Semantics SPECIAL ISSUE ON SEMANTIC WEB FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES, EXTENDED Deadline 25 November 2005