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Some Closing Words on OWL


  • Ontologies/OWL helps in finding new relationships
    • e.g.: Life Sciences:
      • most of the drug experiments are unsuccessful
      • but the information from each experiment may be valuable
      • by “binding” this information new insights can be gained
    • (currently, life sciences are very excited by the prospects of the Semantic Web!)
    • (currently, life sciences are very excited by the prospects of

      the Semantic Web!)

  • RDF/OWL offers flexibility
    • e.g., if the schema of a database has to be changed often
      • this can occur in a dynamic environment
    • redoing schemas may be costly and complicated…
    • whereas adding a new RDFS or OWL rule is a breeze!

Ivan Herman, W3C 142 (144)