Abstract
The application of semantic technologies to the integration of biological data and the interoperability of bioinformatics analysis and visualization tools has been the common theme of a series of annual BioHackathons hosted in Japan for the past five years. Here we provide a review of the activities and outcomes from the BioHackathons held in 2011 in Kyoto and 2012 in Toyama. In order to efficiently implement semantic technologies in the life sciences, participants formed various sub-groups and worked on the following topics: Resource Description Framework (RDF) models for specific domains, text mining of the literature, ontology development, essential metadata for biological databases, platforms to enable efficient Semantic Web technology development and interoperability, and the development of applications for Semantic Web data. In this review, we briefly introduce the themes covered by these sub-groups. The observations made, conclusions drawn, and software development projects that emerged from these activities are discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Biomedical Semantics |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2014 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:BioHackathon 2011 and 2012 were supported by the Integrated Database Project (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan) and hosted by the National Bioscience Database Center (NBDC) and the Database Center for Life Science (DBCLS).
Funding Information:
Acknowledgements BioHackathon 2011 and 2012 were supported by the Integrated Database Project (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan) and hosted by the National Bioscience Database Center (NBDC) and the Database Center for Life Science (DBCLS).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Katayama et al.
Keywords
- BioHackathon
- Bioinformatics
- Data integration
- Data models
- Data sharing
- Databases
- Knowledge representation
- Ontology
- Semantic Web
- Semantic interoperability
- Visualization
- Web services
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Information Systems
- Computer Science Applications
- Health Informatics
- Computer Networks and Communications