Re: Proposal from the BioRDF Sub-Group

[Matthias Samwald]

I'm working on a PhD thesis that encompasses the use of OWL in neuroscience, so I might be of help for your project. At the moment we are converting existing data from neuroscientific databases (Ki database, ligand gated ion channel database, IUPHAR receptor database and others). These sources are a mixture of relational databases, XML and plain text. I have extended the BioPAX OWL ontology to represent the concepts of these databases, but the conversion of real data is still far from complete.   Further extensions could include the conversion of the cell centered database (microscopic images of neurons), OMIM (hereditary diseases) and some psychopharmacological databases. This would result in ontologies that span "from bench to bedside", as postulated in the proposal.   The BioRDF proposal sounds really interesting and has much in parallel with the work I am doing, so I am looking forward to contribute to this endeavour!   kind regards, Matthias   http://neuroscientific.net/       > I've attached the draft proposal from the BioRDF sub-group. > > > Please let me know if you have any comments or suggestions. > > > Once we have everyone's feedback, lets schedule a call to discuss > action items. > > Cheers, > > > Susie