Semantic Web in Life Sciences: Community Scale
Recognized need for effective data integration from heterogeneous collections
"Connecting the dots" from independent observations
Increasingly available datasets in RDF (e.g. Uniprot in RDF, Affymetrix RDF data on splice variation and protein motifs)
Lifescience information syndication (e.g. Nature Publishing Groups use of RSS, CMLRss) and reusable opensource software / services (e.g. urchin)
Distributed collaboration (e.g. Distributed Annotation services and W3C's Annotea work) - "anyone can say anything about anything"
LSID - Life Science Identifiers
Increasing vendor interest in applying Semantic Web related solutions to Life Science (e.g. Oracle's NDM and Sun's Swordfish)
Semantic Web and Life Sciences Workshop - Oct 27,28, Cambridge MA