Re: Action Items from call today

2009-10-14 Thread Kei Cheung
Thanks, Helen. To make it more concrete. I've been thinking about some example queries that I hope can be answered by the RDF data once converted. I wonder if the following example quereis can be answered: Retrieve a list of differentially expressed genes between different brain regions (e.g

Minutes from LODD Telcon

2009-10-14 Thread Susie Stephens
Minutes are now available from the LODD telcon. http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLSIG/LODD/Meetings/2009-10-14_Conference_Call Cheers, Susie

Introduction to OWL tutorial 11th/12th November

2009-10-14 Thread Simon Jupp
Introduction to Implementing Ontologies in the Web Ontology Language (OWL) BioHealth Informatics group at the University of Manchester in partnership with NWeHealth are pleased to invite you to participate in their internationally renowned OWL Ontology tutorials. It is to be hosted at

Re: [hcls] The future of Semantic Web / Linked Data R&D; translating research into practical applications (was: Updated wiki page for HCLS Knowledge Base)

2009-10-14 Thread Mark
Hi Matthias! I surrender to all your arguments below, and to those of Michel also :-) I think we are simply talking from different perspectives and life/career-situations that have different immediate needs. I don't do "biological research" per se, so for me a warehouse (semantically-ena

[hcls] The future of Semantic Web / Linked Data R&D; translating research into practical applications (was: Updated wiki page for HCLS Knowledge Base)

2009-10-14 Thread Matthias Samwald
Hi Mark, Moreover, warehousing in and of itself isn't research, nor is it pushing "the state of the art", I have become a bit weary of this interpretation of 'pushing the state of the art' in this context. Looking at the set of standards, datasets, tools, practices around RDF/OWL that we now

RE: [hcls] Updated wiki page for HCLS Knowledge Base

2009-10-14 Thread Michel_Dumontier
Hello, There are many elements of warehousing semantic data that have yet to be solved, both in terms of efficient algorithms for storage, indexing, retrieval and visualization as well as in the core representation of knowledge. In developing tools and applications, I'm quite sure that both Mark

Re: [hcls] Updated wiki page for HCLS Knowledge Base

2009-10-14 Thread Mark
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:51:07 -0700, Egon Willighagen wrote: Just think of it like this: if you aggregated the data already in the way the scientists wants it, he is no longer doing cutting edge science (it's already been done!). Perfectly stated! :-) Moreover, warehousing in and of itse

Re: [hcls] Updated wiki page for HCLS Knowledge Base

2009-10-14 Thread Kingsley Idehen
Matthias Samwald wrote: Hi Egon, Linked Data focuses on crawling the web. At least, that's the impression I have... yet, a single store to query is indeed much more convenient... it's sort of contradicting: I don't find that contradicting. Having URIs that resolve to something useful is prac

HCLS Telcon reminder - NCBO talk from Nigam Shah

2009-10-14 Thread M. Scott Marshall
Here's the reminder for Thursday's HCLS call. I am looking forward to Nigam Shah's talk about the invaluable NCBO offerings at http://bioportal.bioontology.org/. See http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLSIG/Meetings/2009-10-15_Conference_Call for up-to-date details, snapshot pasted below. New participant

Re: [hcls] Updated wiki page for HCLS Knowledge Base

2009-10-14 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Matthias Samwald wrote: >>  that said, I also don't think the final SPARQL end point should be remote >> at all, > > So where should the final SPARQL end point be located? In a server inside > the intranet of each organization? On the client side? How should it b

Re: [hcls] Updated wiki page for HCLS Knowledge Base

2009-10-14 Thread Matthias Samwald
Hi Egon, Linked Data focuses on crawling the web. At least, that's the impression I have... yet, a single store to query is indeed much more convenient... it's sort of contradicting: I don't find that contradicting. Having URIs that resolve to something useful is practical. Having a SPARQL en