Re: Blue Brain Nexus - A knowledge graph for data-driven science https://bbp-nexus.epfl.ch/staging/docs/

Hi
I have invited all who responded - At least I think I have!
I have also made Dom the owner

Carole

> I would be interested in these discussions too. I think the Bioschema 
> admins would have to invite members to join and add these members to 
> the team itself. Looking forward to the invite link.
>
> § Susheel
>
>
> On 4 January 2018 at 14:11, Sy Mohameth François <mohameth.sy@epfl.ch 
> <mailto:mohameth.sy@epfl.ch>> wrote:
>
>     A bioschemas team for BlueBrain Nexus sounds good.
>
>     I didn’t receive an invitation to join the team and the link looks
>     broken (or only team member can see its content). Can I be invited
>     to join the team ?
>
>     I would prefer someone else to lead this team as I’m part of the
>     BlueBrain Nexus. But If no one volunteered (and if feasible as I
>     don’t know the rules in the Bioschemas community) I would be happy
>     to lead it.
>
>     Cheers
>
>     MFSY.
>
>     *From: *Carole Goble <carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk
>     <mailto:carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk>>
>     *Date: *Thursday, 4 January 2018 at 14:44
>     *To: *Andra Waagmeester <andra@micelio.be
>     <mailto:andra@micelio.be>>, Philippe <proccaserra@gmail.com
>     <mailto:proccaserra@gmail.com>>
>     *Cc: *Sarala Wimalaratne <sarala@ebi.ac.uk
>     <mailto:sarala@ebi.ac.uk>>, Alejandra Gonzalez-Beltran
>     <alejandra.gonzalezbeltran@oerc.ox.ac.uk
>     <mailto:alejandra.gonzalezbeltran@oerc.ox.ac.uk>>, Sy Mohameth
>     François <mohameth.sy@epfl.ch <mailto:mohameth.sy@epfl.ch>>,
>     Justin Clark-Casey <justinccdev@gmail.com
>     <mailto:justinccdev@gmail.com>>, BATISTA Dominique
>     <Dominique.BATISTA@france-bioinformatique.fr
>     <mailto:Dominique.BATISTA@france-bioinformatique.fr>>,
>     "public-bioschemas@w3.org <mailto:public-bioschemas@w3.org>"
>     <public-bioschemas@w3.org <mailto:public-bioschemas@w3.org>>,
>     Paolo Missier <paolo.missier@newcastle.ac.uk
>     <mailto:paolo.missier@newcastle.ac.uk>>, Stian Soiland-Reyes
>     <soiland-reyes@manchester.ac.uk
>     <mailto:soiland-reyes@manchester.ac.uk>>, "pinarpink@yahoo.com
>     <mailto:pinarpink@yahoo.com>" <pinarpink@yahoo.com
>     <mailto:pinarpink@yahoo.com>>, "Curcin, Vasa"
>     <vasa.curcin@kcl.ac.uk <mailto:vasa.curcin@kcl.ac.uk>>,
>     "carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk
>     <mailto:carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk>"
>     <carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk <mailto:carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk>>
>
>
>     *Subject: *Re: Blue Brain Nexus - A knowledge graph for
>     data-driven science https://bbp-nexus.epfl.ch/staging/docs/
>     <https://bbp-nexus.epfl.ch/staging/docs/>
>
>     Andra
>     I started up a bioschemas team on our Github
>
>     https://github.com/orgs/BioSchemas/teams/blue-brain-nexus-knowledge-graph
>     <https://github.com/orgs/BioSchemas/teams/blue-brain-nexus-knowledge-graph>
>
>     I await you all joining it and starting a discussion.
>     I am also canvassing for a volunteer to lead the team
>
>     Carole
>
>         I am interested in the discussion as well. How is this going
>         to proceed? Is there some form thinkable where next to
>         discussions, implementations are made to compare against?
>
>         Cheers,
>
>         Andra
>
>         On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 1:18 PM, Philippe
>         <proccaserra@gmail.com <mailto:proccaserra@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>             Thank you Carole for circulating the link and MFSY for
>             sending the information
>             It seems that many people are interested. How do we want
>             to get organized? What channel should we use for this
>             interest group? this list ? a dedicated one?
>
>             all the best
>
>             Philippe
>
>             On 04/01/2018 02:40, Sarala Wimalaratne wrote:
>
>                 Count me in…
>
>                     On 3 Jan 2018, at 17:14, Alejandra
>                     Gonzalez-Beltran
>                     <alejandra.gonzalezbeltran@oerc.ox.ac.uk
>                     <mailto:alejandra.gonzalezbeltran@oerc.ox.ac.uk>>
>                     wrote:
>
>                     +1, I'm also interested in these topics. Tx!
>
>                     On 03/01/2018 17:12, Sy Mohameth François wrote:
>
>                         Okay for me.
>
>                         *From:*Justin
>                         Clark-Casey<justinccdev@gmail.com>
>                         <mailto:justinccdev@gmail.com>
>                         *Date:*Wednesday, 3 January 2018 at 18:09
>                         *To:*Carole
>                         Goble<carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk>
>                         <mailto:carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk>
>                         *Cc:*BATISTA
>                         Dominique<Dominique.BATISTA@france-bioinformatique.fr>
>                         <mailto:Dominique.BATISTA@france-bioinformatique.fr>,
>                         Sy Mohameth François<mohameth.sy@epfl.ch>
>                         <mailto:mohameth.sy@epfl.ch>,"public-bioschemas@w3.org"
>                         <mailto:public-bioschemas@w3.org><public-bioschemas@w3.org>
>                         <mailto:public-bioschemas@w3.org>, Paolo
>                         Missier<paolo.missier@newcastle.ac.uk>
>                         <mailto:paolo.missier@newcastle.ac.uk>, Stian
>                         Soiland-Reyes<soiland-reyes@manchester.ac.uk>
>                         <mailto:soiland-reyes@manchester.ac.uk>,"pinarpink@yahoo.com"
>                         <mailto:pinarpink@yahoo.com><pinarpink@yahoo.com>
>                         <mailto:pinarpink@yahoo.com>, "Curcin,
>                         Vasa"<vasa.curcin@kcl.ac.uk>
>                         <mailto:vasa.curcin@kcl.ac.uk>
>                         *Subject:*Re: Blue Brain Nexus - A knowledge
>                         graph for data-driven
>                         sciencehttps://bbp-nexus.epfl.ch/staging/docs/
>                         <https://bbp-nexus.epfl.ch/staging/docs/>
>
>                         Sounds good to me.
>
>                         On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 4:54 PM, Carole Goble
>                         <carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk
>                         <mailto:carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>                             Looks like we have our advocates!
>
>                             Sy, Justin, Dominique (and Alasdair once
>                             he gets back online!) how about convening
>                             a bioschemas developers telcon to discuss ?
>
>                             Best
>
>                             Carole
>
>                             *From:*BATISTA Dominique
>                             [mailto:Dominique.BATISTA@france-bioinformatique.fr
>                             <mailto:Dominique.BATISTA@france-bioinformatique.fr>]
>                             *Sent:*03 January 2018 16:51
>                             *To:*Justin Clark-Casey; Carole Goble
>                             *Cc:*Sy Mohameth
>                             François;public-bioschemas@w3.org
>                             <mailto:public-bioschemas@w3.org>; Paolo
>                             Missier; Stian
>                             Soiland-Reyes;pinarpink@yahoo.com
>                             <mailto:pinarpink@yahoo.com>; Curcin, Vasa
>                             *Subject:*RE: Blue Brain Nexus - A
>                             knowledge graph for data-driven
>                             sciencehttps://bbp-nexus.epfl.ch/staging/docs/
>                             <https://bbp-nexus.epfl.ch/staging/docs/>
>
>                             Hello,
>
>                             Very interested aswell from a software
>                             developer point of view, especially in
>                             terms of data validation and exploitation
>                             of the ShEx and SHACL formats for various
>                             purposes.
>                             Definitely want to be part of that :)
>
>                             Regards,
>
>                             Dominique Batista
>                             Web Engineer
>                             CNRS - UMS3601
>                             Phone:+33 01.69.82.46.92
>                             <tel:+33%201%2069%2082%2046%2092>
>                             Website:http://www.france-bioinformatique.fr
>                             <http://www.france-bioinformatique.fr/>
>
>                             ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                             *From:*Justin Clark-Casey
>                             [justinccdev@gmail.com
>                             <mailto:justinccdev@gmail.com>]
>                             *Sent:*Wednesday, January 03, 2018 5:43 PM
>                             *To:*Carole Goble
>                             *Cc:*Sy Mohameth
>                             François;public-bioschemas@w3.org
>                             <mailto:public-bioschemas@w3.org>; Paolo
>                             Missier; Stian
>                             Soiland-Reyes;pinarpink@yahoo.com
>                             <mailto:pinarpink@yahoo.com>; Curcin, Vasa
>                             *Subject:*Re: Blue Brain Nexus - A
>                             knowledge graph for data-driven
>                             sciencehttps://bbp-nexus.epfl.ch/staging/docs/
>                             <https://bbp-nexus.epfl.ch/staging/docs/>
>
>                             Yes, I'm also very interested in SHACL /
>                             ShEx for Bioschemas search engines and the
>                             like, and been reading up a ton about
>                             knowledge graphs, etc. over the break, so
>                             would be great to talk.
>
>                             --
>
>                             Justin Clark-Casey @justincc
>
>                             Research Software Engineer
>
>                             InterMine bio data integration platform
>
>                             On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 4:35 PM, Carole
>                             Goble <carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk
>                             <mailto:carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>                             Hello !
>
>                             I am very interested in this work and not
>                             just for Bioschemas...ResearchObject.org
>                             <http://researchobject.org> are also
>                             looking to SHACL / ShEx for representing
>                             complex manifests.
>
>                             Once a few people are back from the
>                             holidays we should pick up how to work
>                             together
>                             Carole
>
>                                 Hi all,
>
>                                 Well I should start by saying that as
>                                 the Blue Brain Project Lead Knowledge
>                                 Engineer [1], I’m part of the team
>                                 that design and develop the Blue Brain
>                                 Nexus platform.
>
>                                 The Nexus platform is an initiative
>                                 from theBlue Brain Project
>                                 <https://bluebrain.epfl.ch/>(a Swiss
>                                 initiative for digitally reconstruct
>                                 and simulate the brain). It is adopted
>                                 by Blue Brain and the European Human
>                                 Brain Project to support their data
>                                 integration effort in the context of
>                                 neuroscience domain.
>
>                                 Schemas are expressed using W3C SHACL
>                                 specification within the Nexus
>                                 platform. Any domain entity (not only
>                                 a neuroscience one) for which SHACL
>                                 schemas is produced can be managed in
>                                 Nexus: CRUD operations on SHACL
>                                 schemas, validate instances against a
>                                 schema, CRUD operations on instances,
>                                 store datasets,…
>
>                                 I’ve seen some discussions related to
>                                 the usage of SHACL or ShEx for
>                                 validating Bioschemas profiles. In
>                                 case SHACL is chosen, Blue Brain Nexus
>                                 may be a potential candidate for
>                                 testing schemas developed in the
>                                 context of Bioschemas.
>
>                                 The Neuroinformatics community is more
>                                 and more adopting Semantic Web
>                                 technologies to model the domains they
>                                 are interested in.
>
>                                 Indeed many initiatives exist:
>
>                                    INCF:https://www.incf.org/which
>                                 will host many SHACL shapes for
>                                 neuroscience related entities
>                                 (https://github.com/INCF/neuroshapes
>                                 <https://github.com/INCF/neuroshapes>)
>
>                                 NIF-Ontology:https://github.com/SciCrunch/NIF-Ontology
>                                 <https://github.com/SciCrunch/NIF-Ontology>where
>                                 standard neuroscience related
>                                 ontologies are developed and maintained.
>
>                                 Within Blue Brain project, schemas for
>                                 many neuroscience related entities
>                                 (Subject, Neuron, Brain Atlas,…) are
>                                 being created, validated and managed
>                                 (checkout theBlue Brain schema
>                                 repository
>                                 <https://github.com/BlueBrain/nexus-bbp-domains>to
>                                 see more examples). A SHACL schema
>                                 example for a Subject entity can be
>                                 found
>                                 here:https://github.com/BlueBrain/nexus-bbp-domains/blob/master/modules/bbp-experiment/src/main/resources/schemas/bbp/experiment/subject/v0.1.0.json
>                                 <https://github.com/BlueBrain/nexus-bbp-domains/blob/master/modules/bbp-experiment/src/main/resources/schemas/bbp/experiment/subject/v0.1.0.json>and
>                                 an example of Subject instance can be
>                                 found
>                                 here:https://github.com/BlueBrain/nexus-bbp-domains/blob/master/modules/bbp-experiment/src/test/resources/data/bbp/experiment/subject/v0.1.0/all-fields.json
>                                 <https://github.com/BlueBrain/nexus-bbp-domains/blob/master/modules/bbp-experiment/src/test/resources/data/bbp/experiment/subject/v0.1.0/all-fields.json>.
>
>                                 The above examples are not final and
>                                 can be subject to discussions.
>
>                                 Of course, a first step when creating
>                                 schemas is to look at what exist out
>                                 there for reuse/extension purpose.
>                                 That’s why we’re very interested on
>                                 initiative like Bioschemas.
>
>                                 The point here is to bootstrap a
>                                 discussion to see if the Bioschemas
>                                 community is interesting in
>                                 endorsing/getting involved/supporting
>                                 neuroscience related entity
>                                 description standardisation. Subject
>                                 entity can be a good start. The
>                                 neuroscience community should be
>                                 involved as well at some point.
>
>                                 Cheers
>
>                                 MFSY.
>
>                                 [1]:https://bluebrain.epfl.ch/page-143719-en.html
>                                 <https://bluebrain.epfl.ch/page-143719-en.html>
>
>                                 *From:*Carole
>                                 Goble<carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk>
>                                 <mailto:carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk>
>                                 *Date:*Wednesday, 3 January 2018 at 16:00
>                                 *To:*"public-bioschemas@w3.org"
>                                 <mailto:public-bioschemas@w3.org><public-bioschemas@w3.org>
>                                 <mailto:public-bioschemas@w3.org>
>                                 *Cc:*Paolo
>                                 Missier<paolo.missier@newcastle.ac.uk>
>                                 <mailto:paolo.missier@newcastle.ac.uk>,
>                                 Stian
>                                 Soiland-Reyes<soiland-reyes@manchester.ac.uk>
>                                 <mailto:soiland-reyes@manchester.ac.uk>,"pinarpink@yahoo.com"
>                                 <mailto:pinarpink@yahoo.com><pinarpink@yahoo.com>
>                                 <mailto:pinarpink@yahoo.com>,"carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk"
>                                 <mailto:carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk><carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk>
>                                 <mailto:carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk>,
>                                 "Curcin, Vasa"<vasa.curcin@kcl.ac.uk>
>                                 <mailto:vasa.curcin@kcl.ac.uk>
>                                 *Subject:*Blue Brain Nexus - A
>                                 knowledge graph for data-driven
>                                 sciencehttps://bbp-nexus.epfl.ch/staging/docs/
>                                 <https://bbp-nexus.epfl.ch/staging/docs/>
>                                 *Resent-From:*<public-bioschemas@w3.org>
>                                 <mailto:public-bioschemas@w3.org>
>                                 *Resent-Date:*Wednesday, 3 January
>                                 2018 at 15:58
>
>                                 Just saw this tweeted....
>
>                                 https://github.com/BlueBrain/nexus
>                                 <https://github.com/BlueBrain/nexus>
>
>
>                                   Blue Brain Nexus - A knowledge graph
>                                   for data-driven science
>
>                                 The Blue Brain Nexus is a provenance
>                                 based, semantic enabled data
>                                 management platform enabling the
>                                 definition of an arbitrary domain of
>                                 application for which there is a need
>                                 to create and manage entities as well
>                                 as their relations (e.g. provenance).
>                                 For example, the domain of application
>                                 managed by the Nexus platform deployed
>                                 at Blue Brain is to digitally
>                                 reconstruct and simulate the brain.
>
>                                 At the heart of the Blue Brain Nexus
>                                 platform lies the Knowledge Graph, at
>                                 Blue Brain, it will allow scientists to:
>
>                                  1. Register and manage neuroscience
>                                     relevant entity types through
>                                     schemas that can reuse or extend
>                                     community defined schemas
>                                     (e.g.schema.org
>                                     <http://schema.org/>,*bioschema.org
>                                     <http://bioschema.org/>*,
>                                     W3C-PROV) and ontologies (e.g.
>                                     brain parcellation schemes, cell
>                                     types, taxonomy).
>                                  2. Submit data to the platform and
>                                     describe their provenance using
>                                     the W3C PROV model. Provenance is
>                                     about how data or things are
>                                     generated (e.g. protocols, methods
>                                     used...), when (e.g. timeline) and
>                                     by whom (e.g. people,
>                                     software...). Provenance supports
>                                     the data reliability and quality
>                                     assessment as well as enables
>                                     workflow reproducibility. Platform
>                                     users can submit data either
>                                     through web forms or programmatic
>                                     interfaces.
>                                  3. Search, discover, reuse and derive
>                                     high-quality neuroscience data
>                                     generated within and outside the
>                                     platform for the purpose of
>                                     driving their own scientific
>                                     endeavours. Data can be examined
>                                     by species, contributing
>                                     laboratory, methodology, brain
>                                     region, and data type, thereby
>                                     allowing functionality not
>                                     currently available elsewhere. The
>                                     data are predominantly organized
>                                     into atlases (e.g. Allen CCF,
>                                     Waxholm) and linked to the
>                                     KnowledgeSpace – a collaborative
>                                     community-based encyclopedia
>                                     linking brain research concepts to
>                                     the latest data, models and
>                                     literature.
>
>                                 It is to be noted that many other
>                                 scientific fields (Astronomy,
>                                 Agriculture, Bioinformatics,
>                                 Pharmaceutical industry, ...) are in
>                                 need of such a technology.
>                                 Consequently, Blue Brain Nexus core
>                                 technology is being developed to
>                                 be*agnostic of the domain*it might be
>                                 applied to.
>
>                                 -- 
>
>                                 Professor Carole Goble CBE FREng FBCS CITP
>
>                                 School of Computer Science
>
>                                 The University of Manchester
>
>                                 Manchester, UK
>
>                                   
>
>                                 tel:+44 161 275 6195
>                                 <tel:+44%20161%20275%206195>
>
>                                 email:carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk
>                                 <mailto:carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk>
>
>                                 twitter: @CaroleAnneGoble
>
>                                   
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>
>                             Professor Carole Goble CBE FREng FBCS CITP
>
>                             School of Computer Science
>
>                             The University of Manchester
>
>                             Manchester, UK
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>     Professor Carole Goble CBE FREng FBCS CITP
>
>     School of Computer Science
>
>     The University of Manchester
>
>     Manchester, UK
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School of Computer Science
The University of Manchester
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