- From: Eric Miller <em@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:33:23 -0400
- To: Carole Goble <carole@cs.man.ac.uk>
- Cc: public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org
On Aug 31, 2005, at 10:22 AM, Carole Goble wrote: > Eric > > I applaud the initiative, but why "the business value" only? This wasn't meant as an 'only', but rather an 'also' :) I'll work on the wording to better reflect this point. > We have seen that Uniprot RDF is a public service, not a commercial > initiative. The public repositories, organisations like EMBL and > NCBI, and local labs who produce valuable curation services and > tools, do not talk in terms of "business value" but it the value to > the scientific community. Absolutely! > Its ain't all Pharmas :-) :) Thanks for the feedback Carole! -- eric miller http://www.w3.org/people/em/ semantic web activity lead http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ w3c world wide web consortium http://www.w3.org/ > > Carole > > >> >> Following the report on the W3C Workshop on Semantic Web for Life >> Sciences [1], the Team has prepared an initial draft of an Interest >> Group charter [2]. It states: >> >> "The Semantic Web for Health-care and Life Sciences Interest Group >> (HCLSIG) is chartered to develop and support the use of Semantic Web >> technologies to improve collaboration, research and development, and >> innovation adoption in the of Health-care and Life Science >> domains. Success in these domains depends on a foundation of >> semantically rich system, process and information >> interoperability. To >> these ends, the HCLSIG will focus on the development of use cases >> that >> illustrate the business value of Semantic Web technology adoption, >> core vocabularies, guidelines and best practices regarding unique >> identifiers, and provide a forum for supporting communication, >> education, collaboration and implementation. The HCLSIG will also >> work >> with the other Semantic Web related groups to gather suggestions for >> further HCLSIG development work. Further, the HCLSIG will provide a >> forum to support and encourage the use of Semantic Web technologies >> and foster the growth of interoperable, policy-aware data and >> databases in the Life Sciences and Health Care industries." >> >> This work is expected to be of interest to users, vendors, systems >> integrators, and academics who are involved in information >> management in the >> health care and life sciences industries. >> >> I welcome your input on this initial draft [2] as well as any other >> comments you may have on work in this area. Indications of interest >> from your organization, while not a formal commitment, are >> particularly welcome to help us determine the level of interest in >> this work. >> >> [1] http://www.w3.org/2004/10/swls-workshop-report >> [2] http://www.w3.org/2005/05/swlsig-charter >> >> -- >> eric miller http://www.w3.org/people/em/ >> semantic web activity lead http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ >> w3c world wide web consortium http://www.w3.org/ >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Carole Goble > Professor of Computer Science > University of Manchester > UK > tel: +44 161 275 6195 > http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~carole > >
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