Generation of open biomedical datasets through ontology-driven transformation and integration processes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Biomedical research usually requires combining large volumes of data from multiple heterogeneous sources, which makes difficult the integrated exploitation of such data. The Semantic Web paradigm offers a natural technological space for data integration and exploitation by generating content readable by machines. Linked Open Data is a Semantic Web initiative that promotes the publication and sharing of data in machine readable semantic formats.

Methods

We present an approach for the transformation and integration of heterogeneous biomedical data with the objective of generating open biomedical datasets in Semantic Web formats. The transformation of the data is based on the mappings between the entities of the data schema and the ontological infrastructure that pro

SUBMITTER: Carmen Legaz-Garcia MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4891880 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature