Re: BioRDF Announcement

Hi Kei, Susie,
Can you point me to the new objectives of BioRDF-- been out of the loop for
a while and would like to see our new directions based on our earlier
lessons learned.

cheers,
Eric

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 10:48 PM, Kei Cheung <kei.cheung@yale.edu> wrote:

>
> I am honored but also humbled with this announcement. I am fortunate to be
> part of this great community effort. I look forward to working with all of
> you and others to extend this community effort.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Kei
>
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> Susie M Stephens wrote:
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>  We're very pleased to announce that Kei Cheung is going to be coordinating
>> the BioRDF task going forwards. Kei has been a very active participant in
>> BioRDF to date, and most notably led work on the conversion of SenseLab to
>> RDF/OWL.
>>
>> The BioRDF group will be taking the lead on extending the HCLS KB.
>> Thoughts
>> for the extensions include creating a visual interface, providing
>> mechanisms to more easily update the data, and the incorporation of new
>> types of data including chemical and drug data. In addition, the group
>> will
>> identify scientific use cases to prioritize some of the extensions.
>>
>> Kei would like to give the group a break over July and August, so the
>> first
>> call will be on September 8 2008.
>>
>> More information about the BioRDF task is available at:
>> http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLSIG_BioRDF_Subgroup
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Susie, Scott, Chime
>>
>>
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