Putting semantics into the semantic web: how well can it capture biology?
Could the Semantic Web work for computations of biological interest in the way it's intended to work for movie reviews and commercial transactions? It would be wonderful if it could, so it's worth looking to see if its infrastructure is adequate to the job. The technologies of the Semantic Web make several crucial assumptions. I examine those assumptions; argue that they create significant problems; and suggest some alternative ways of achieving the Semantic Web's goals for biology.
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Dept. of Computer Science, University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65201, USA. toni@athe.rnet.missouri.edu
D019295:Computational Biology; D020407:Internet; D012660:Semantics