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The '''Semantic Web''' is a concept originated by [[Tim Berners-Lee]] and a set of technologies and practices developed out of this vision. | The '''Semantic Web''' is a concept originated by [[Tim Berners-Lee]] and a set of technologies and practices developed out of this vision. | ||
The '''Semantic web''' is a concept, first named by [[Tim Berners-Lee]], for a "web of knowledge" in which [[world wide web]] documents' contents would be annotated and classified so that computers can parse the classifications and provide search results based on the semantic information (what the content means), rather than simply on matching of text strings. There is also a W3C standards effort related to this concept (see [[http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/SW-FAQ|the W3C Semantic Web FAQ]]. | |||
What differentiates the Semantic Web from existing data structures is the use of [[Unique Resource Indicator|URIs]] to uniquely identify things, and relationships between things. The sort of problem scenario that Semantic Web technologies try to solve are those involving multiple disparate source of data - for instance, hooking together train timetables and class timetables, so a student can automatically plan their travel itinerary without having to manually match the data together. | |||
The [[World Wide Web Consortium|W3C]] have put forward a variety of standards built on top of the [[Resource Description Framework]], a formal semantic model for representing things and the relationships between them. | The [[World Wide Web Consortium|W3C]] have put forward a variety of standards built on top of the [[Resource Description Framework]], a formal semantic model for representing things and the relationships between them. |
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The Semantic Web is a concept originated by Tim Berners-Lee and a set of technologies and practices developed out of this vision.
The Semantic web is a concept, first named by Tim Berners-Lee, for a "web of knowledge" in which world wide web documents' contents would be annotated and classified so that computers can parse the classifications and provide search results based on the semantic information (what the content means), rather than simply on matching of text strings. There is also a W3C standards effort related to this concept (see [W3C Semantic Web FAQ].
What differentiates the Semantic Web from existing data structures is the use of URIs to uniquely identify things, and relationships between things. The sort of problem scenario that Semantic Web technologies try to solve are those involving multiple disparate source of data - for instance, hooking together train timetables and class timetables, so a student can automatically plan their travel itinerary without having to manually match the data together.
The W3C have put forward a variety of standards built on top of the Resource Description Framework, a formal semantic model for representing things and the relationships between them.
Domain-specific semantic models
Medicine
Semantic models seem the major trend in expert support to medicine. As an example of how semantic methodologies are used, consider several isolated concepts, which could be considered "nouns":
- beta-adrenergic antagonists (i.e., beta blockers)
- bradycardia (i.e., slow pulse)
- asthma
- hypertension
- benign hand tremor
One of the notations for relationships is the Unified Medical Language System® (UMLS®). Informally, some of the "verb" semantic relationships among the above could be:
- beta-adrenergic antagonists TREAT hypertension and benign hand tremor
- beta-adrenergic antagonists CAUSE bradycardia
- beta-adrenergic antagonists TRIGGER asthma
"Hypertension" would have a number of other TREATS relations, from drug classes such as thiazide diuretics, angiotensin-II converting enzyme antagonists, calcium channel blockers, angiotensin-II receptor blockers, etc.
ULMS is now being extended with formal ontologies: [1]
References
- ↑ Burgun, Anita & Olivier Bodenreider, Mapping the UMLS Semantic Network into General Ontologies