title: Semiotic web for translational medicine.
abstract: The semiotic web for translational medicine generalizes the concept of the semantic web. We present the functions of the semiotic web as a simple ontology with three dimensions, namely: (a) the four steps of semiotics, (b) the two processes in semiotics, and (c) the four types of research. The resulting 32 combinations represent all its functions.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Arkalgud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramaprasad
authors.forename: Vipul
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kashyap
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends*; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D012660:Semantics; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States