- From: Duncan Hull <duncan.hull@cs.man.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:25:50 +0100
- To: public-semweb-lifesci <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>
- Cc: Scott Marshall <marshall@science.uva.nl>
Hello A new paper in Nature Reviews Genetics that talks about semantics in various contexts in the life sciences, might be of interest to this list... Stein, L. D. (2008). Towards a cyberinfrastructure for the biological sciences: progress, visions and challenges. Nat Rev Genet, 9(9):678-688. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrg2414 (Sorry, this is not generally accessible, closed-access publishing, but a wiki-fied version is linked to below) Abstract: Biology is an information-driven science. Large-scale data sets from genomics, physiology, population genetics and imaging are driving research at a dizzying rate. Simultaneously, interdisciplinary collaborations among experimental biologists, theorists, statisticians and computer scientists have become the key to making effective use of these data sets. However, too many biologists have trouble accessing and using these electronic data sets and tools effectively. A 'cyberinfrastructure' is a combination of databases, network protocols and computational services that brings people, information and computational tools together to perform science in this information-driven world. This article reviews the components of a biological cyberinfrastructure, discusses current and pending implementations, and notes the many challenges that lie ahead. One of the potentially interesting things about this paper is ... http://blogs.nature.com/wp/nascent/2008/08/wikiwikiwah.html http://nrgwiki.nature.com/cyberinfrastructureforbiology/show/HomePage .... it is accompanied by a wiki-version which they (Nature Publishing Group) are encouraging users to contribute to. Duncan --- http://duncan.hull.name
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