title: SPARQL-enabled identifier conversion with Identifiers.org.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  On the semantic web, in life sciences in particular, data is often distributed via multiple resources. Each of these sources is likely to use their own International Resource Identifier for conceptually the same resource or database record. The lack of correspondence between identifiers introduces a barrier when executing federated SPARQL queries across life science data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We introduce a novel SPARQL-based service to enable on-the-fly integration of life science data. This service uses the identifier patterns defined in the Identifiers.org Registry to generate a plurality of identifier variants, which can then be used to match source identifiers with target identifiers. We demonstrate the utility of this identifier integration approach by answering queries across major producers of life science Linked Data.
  
  
  METHODS
  The SPARQL-based identifier conversion service is available without restriction at http://identifiers.org/services/sparql.
authors: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK, Swiss-Prot group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Centre Medical Universitaire, 1211 Geneve, Switzerland, Database Center for Life Science (DCLS), Research Organization of Information and Systems, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0871, Japan, Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, Stanford University, CA 94305-5479, USA and Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, CB22 3AT, UK.
authors: Sarala M
authors: SM
authors: Wimalaratne
authors: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK, Swiss-Prot group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Centre Medical Universitaire, 1211 Geneve, Switzerland, Database Center for Life Science (DCLS), Research Organization of Information and Systems, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0871, Japan, Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, Stanford University, CA 94305-5479, USA and Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, CB22 3AT, UK.
authors: Jerven
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authors: Bolleman
authors: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK, Swiss-Prot group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Centre Medical Universitaire, 1211 Geneve, Switzerland, Database Center for Life Science (DCLS), Research Organization of Information and Systems, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0871, Japan, Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, Stanford University, CA 94305-5479, USA and Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, CB22 3AT, UK.
authors: Nick
authors: N
authors: Juty
authors: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK, Swiss-Prot group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Centre Medical Universitaire, 1211 Geneve, Switzerland, Database Center for Life Science (DCLS), Research Organization of Information and Systems, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0871, Japan, Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, Stanford University, CA 94305-5479, USA and Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, CB22 3AT, UK.
authors: Toshiaki
authors: T
authors: Katayama
authors: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK, Swiss-Prot group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Centre Medical Universitaire, 1211 Geneve, Switzerland, Database Center for Life Science (DCLS), Research Organization of Information and Systems, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0871, Japan, Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, Stanford University, CA 94305-5479, USA and Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, CB22 3AT, UK.
authors: Michel
authors: M
authors: Dumontier
authors: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK, Swiss-Prot group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Centre Medical Universitaire, 1211 Geneve, Switzerland, Database Center for Life Science (DCLS), Research Organization of Information and Systems, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0871, Japan, Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, Stanford University, CA 94305-5479, USA and Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, CB22 3AT, UK.
authors: Nicole
authors: N
authors: Redaschi
authors: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK, Swiss-Prot group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Centre Medical Universitaire, 1211 Geneve, Switzerland, Database Center for Life Science (DCLS), Research Organization of Information and Systems, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0871, Japan, Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, Stanford University, CA 94305-5479, USA and Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, CB22 3AT, UK European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK, Swiss-Prot group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Centre Medical Universitaire, 1211 Geneve, Switzerland, Database Center for Life Science (DCLS), Research Organization of Information and Systems, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0871, Japan, Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, Stanford University, CA 94305-5479, USA and Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, CB22 3AT, UK.
authors: Nicolas
authors: N
authors: Le Novère
authors: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK, Swiss-Prot group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Centre Medical Universitaire, 1211 Geneve, Switzerland, Database Center for Life Science (DCLS), Research Organization of Information and Systems, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0871, Japan, Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, Stanford University, CA 94305-5479, USA and Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, CB22 3AT, UK.
authors: Henning
authors: H
authors: Hermjakob
authors: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK, Swiss-Prot group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Centre Medical Universitaire, 1211 Geneve, Switzerland, Database Center for Life Science (DCLS), Research Organization of Information and Systems, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0871, Japan, Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, Stanford University, CA 94305-5479, USA and Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, CB22 3AT, UK.
authors: Camille
authors: C
authors: Laibe
mesh_terms: D001690:Biological Science Disciplines; D016208:Databases, Factual; D020407:Internet; D012660:Semantics; D018511:Systems Integration
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