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| From XML to RDF: how semantic web technologies will change the design of 'omic' standards |
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| Author(s): Wang XS, Gorlitsky R, Almeida JS |
| Source: NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY Volume: 23 Issue: 9 Pages: 1099-1103 Published: SEP 2005 |
| Times Cited: 42 References: 36 |
| Abstract: With the ongoing rapid increase in both volume and diversity of `omic' data (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and others), the development and adoption of data standards is of paramount importance to realize the promise of systems biology. A recent trend in data standard development has been to use extensible markup language (XML) as the preferred mechanism to define data representations. But as illustrated here with a few examples from proteomics data, the syntactic and document-centric XML cannot achieve the level of interoperability required by the highly dynamic and integrated bioinformatics applications. In the present article, we discuss why semantic web technologies, as recommended by the World Wide Web consortium (W3C), expand current data standard technology for biological data representation and management. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Wang, XS (reprint author), Med Univ S Carolina, Dept Biostat Bioinformat & Epidemiol, 135 Cannon St,Suite 303, Charleston, SC 29403 USA |
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1. Med Univ S Carolina, Dept Biostat Bioinformat & Epidemiol, Charleston, SC 29403 USA |
| Publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 345 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1707 USA |
| Subject Category: Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology |
| IDS Number: 963GA |
| ISSN: 1087-0156 |
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