Re: TODAY: 11am (New York) - Harold Solbrig & Chris Mungall: LinkML - A Linked Open Data Modeling Language

Slides for today's webinar:
https://bit.ly/linkml-yosemite

On 4/14/21 10:23 AM, David Booth wrote:
> Reminder . . .
> 
> Yosemite Project Webinar: LinkML - A Linked Open Data Modeling Language
> Harold Solbrig and Chris Mungall
> 
> 11:00am Wed Apr 14 (New York timezone)
> https://zoom.us/j/2912600228
> 
> ABSTRACT
> 
> LinkML is a modeling language and collection of tools that joins the 
> data processing world with the semantic, making it possible for 
> developers to continue to employ tools such as JSON, YAML, SQL, 
> spreadsheets, etc., while _directly_ working with RDF and ontology based 
> semantics.  LinkML leverages and integrates technologies such as 
> JSON-LD, Knowledge Graphs, RDF and Shape Expressions (ShEx), and 
> provides an environment where semantics and data are seamlessly 
> integrated and structural and representational transformations between 
> communities can be based on the combination of RDF and ontology.
> 
> Why LinkML?  Twenty years ago, Tim Berners-Lee coined the term "The 
> Semantic Web" in a seminal article in Scientific American.  While it is 
> heartening to see how much of his vision has been realized, gaps still 
> remain.  Berners-Lee's vision included the notion that the "Semantic Web 
> is not a separate Web but an _extension_ of the current one, in which 
> information is given well-defined meaning...".  While progress has been 
> made in some areas (e.g. schema.org), the world of data and the world of 
> semantics still exist in separate spaces.  While tools and techniques 
> exist to _transform_ (lift) data into the RDF space, to date these 
> environments have been separate.  LinkML helps to bridge this gap.
> 
> This webinar provides a short introduction to the LinkML modeling 
> language and tools: how it came to be, what it can be used for today, 
> how it is being used in biomedical research, and where the developers 
> intend to take it in the future.
> 
> ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
> 
> Harold Solbrig is an active contributor to healthcare information 
> modeling, semantics and standards-based information exchange for 40+ 
> years.  He has served in multiple roles in the ISO, W3C, HL7 and other 
> standards communities.  He has a master's degree in Software Engineering 
> from Oxford University and is an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins 
> University.
> 
> Chris Mungall is Department Head of Biosystems Data Science at Lawrence 
> Berkeley National Laboratory, working on the application of 
> computational techniques to problems life sciences of relevance to the 
> health of humans and the health of the planet.  His main interest is the 
> application of artificial intelligence, knowledge-based methods, and 
> bio-curation to advance our understanding of the interconnected role of 
> genes and genetic mechanisms in key biological processes.
> 
>            -------------------------------------------
> Please join us!
> 
> David Booth
> Yosemite Project
>

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