Knowledge management in biomedical libraries: A semantic web approach

Damaris Fuentes-Lorenzo (), Jorge Morato () and Juan Miguel Gómez ()
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Damaris Fuentes-Lorenzo: IMDEA Networks
Jorge Morato: Carlos III University
Juan Miguel Gómez: Carlos III University

Information Systems Frontiers, 2009, vol. 11, issue 4, No 11, 480 pages

Abstract: Abstract In recent years, technological advances in high-throughput techniques and efficient data gathering methods, coupled with a world-wide effort in computational biology, have resulted in an enormous amount of life science data available in repositories devoted to biomedical literature. These repositories lack the ability to attain an effective and accurate search. Using semantic technologies as the key for interoperation enables searching and processing of biomedical literature in a more efficient way. However, emerging semantic applications take for granted specific knowledge that biomedical researchers may not have. This paper presents design principles for easy-to-use biomedical semantic applications by means of ontology-based annotations and faceted search. The proposed approach is backed with a usable prototype that shows the breakthroughs of adding these principles to a biomedical digital library where identifying and searching information are critical aspects for non-semantic Web experts.

Keywords: Semantic web; Annotation; Faceted browsing; Digital libraries; Biomedical data; Usability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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