Re: blog: semantic dissonance in uniprot

On 24 Mar 2009, at 13:49, eric neumann wrote:

> I think this discussion has been quite useful and important, since  
> there are some remaining issues to be clarified by this community.  
> I think all points raised are good, but not equally valid. Bijan  
> and Phil's thoughts are very useful for me, and would probably  
> resonate within the informatics groups at pharma companies.
>
> I think a key guidance principle here is to ensure that whatever is  
> proposed "makes sense and works with molecular  
> biologists" (scientists). Perhaps existing information resources  
> need a major "enhancement" in order to work in a semantic web, but  
> then let's make it quite clear (to all possible users) what the  
> readily perceivable value of all these ontological adjustments will  
> be.

BTW, I'm perfectly happy, albeit not until summer, to do various  
sorts of empirical research to help ground this discussion. I've done  
surveys fo the web and user studies before. I would be interested in  
knowing what sorts of questions would help people make decisions.

In this sense I *am* all about the data :)

Cheers,
Bijan.