- From: Paolo Romano <paolo.romano@istge.it>
- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:41:48 +0200
- To: Marco Roos <roos@science.uva.nl>
- Cc: W3C HCLSIG hcls <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>, "M. Scott Marshall" <marshall@science.uva.nl>
Hello, as I see it, ISMB is always being preferring Science, instead of Technology. So, a session on the Semantic Web could be seen as non adequate to the exceptionally high scientific level of the meeting. My 1 cent. Paolo At 14:12 20/09/2007, Marco Roos wrote: >Hello all, > >I would like to show my support for the idea of >my colleague Scott on the list. I've heard >rumour that semantic web people have started >doubting whether their own inventions, >especially OWL, are catching on. In my view they >have to be more patient. As far as I can see >there are now more than enough front-runners in >the life science community who are using >semantic web technology in various ways (or at >least trying too). It would be nice if that was >made visible at a high-impact venue such as ISMB. > >Regards, >Marco. > >M. Scott Marshall wrote: >>FYI >> >>I suppose that it is a little too early for a special session at ISMB on >>semantic modeling, semantic web.. Hmm.. Neural degenerative disorders? >> >>-scott >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >>Subject: >>ISMB 2008 Call for Special Session Proposals + More ISCB Conference News >>From: >>"Bj Morrison" <bj@sdsc.edu> >>Date: >>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:16:21 -0700 >>To: >>"ISCB Members and Colleagues" <members@iscb.org> >> >>To: >>"ISCB Members and Colleagues" <members@iscb.org> >> >> >>*FIRST CALL FOR ISMB 2008 SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS* >> >>*/ISMB 2008 …/**/ /**/July 19-23, 2008 … Toronto, Canada/* >> >>*_www.iscb.org/call_ISMB2008specialsessions.shtml_* >><http://www.iscb.org/call_ISMB2008specialsessions.shtml> >> >>*/SUBMISSION/**/ DEADLINE/**/: October 24 (11:59PM EDT)/* >> >>ISMB 2008 will bring back the highly popular >>Special Sessions Track that was successfully >>introduced at ISMB/ECCB 2007 in Vienna. 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