Combining Semantic Web technologies with Multi-Agent Systems for integrated access to biological resources.

@article{citeulike:2948433, abstract = {The increasing volume and diversity of information in biomedical research is demanding new approaches for data integration in this domain. Semantic Web technologies and applications can leverage the potential of biomedical information integration and discovery, facing the problem of semantic heterogeneity of biomedical information sources. In such an environment, agent technology can assist users in discovering and invoking the services available on the Internet. In this paper we present SEMMAS, an ontology-based, domain-independent framework for seamlessly integrating Intelligent Agents and Semantic Web Services. Our approach is backed with a proof-of-concept implementation where the breakthrough and efficiency of integrating disparate biomedical information sources have been tested.}, address = {Dpto. Inform\'{a}tica y Sistemas, Facultad de Inform\'{a}tica, Campus de Espinardo, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Espinardo (Murcia), Spain.}, author = {Garc\'{i}a-S\'{a}nchez, Francisco and Fern\'{a}ndez-Breis, Jesualdo Tom\'{a}s T. and Valencia-Garc\'{i}a, Rafael and G\'{o}mez, Juan Miguel M. and Mart\'{i}nez-B\'{e}jar, Rodrigo }, citeulike-article-id = {2948433}, doi = {10.1016/j.jbi.2008.05.007}, issn = {1532-0480}, journal = {Journal of biomedical informatics}, keywords = {ontology, semantic, software}, month = {May}, posted-at = {2008-07-25 16:30:41}, priority = {2}, title = {Combining Semantic Web technologies with Multi-Agent Systems for integrated access to biological resources.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2008.05.007}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2948433 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2948433 TI - Combining Semantic Web technologies with Multi-Agent Systems for integrated access to biological resources. JF - Journal of biomedical informatics AD - Dpto. Informática y Sistemas, Facultad de Informática, Campus de Espinardo, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Espinardo (Murcia), Spain. SN - 1532-0480 N2 - The increasing volume and diversity of information in biomedical research is demanding new approaches for data integration in this domain. Semantic Web technologies and applications can leverage the potential of biomedical information integration and discovery, facing the problem of semantic heterogeneity of biomedical information sources. In such an environment, agent technology can assist users in discovering and invoking the services available on the Internet. In this paper we present SEMMAS, an ontology-based, domain-independent framework for seamlessly integrating Intelligent Agents and Semantic Web Services. Our approach is backed with a proof-of-concept implementation where the breakthrough and efficiency of integrating disparate biomedical information sources have been tested. KW - ontology KW - semantic KW - software AU - García-Sánchez, Francisco AU - Fernández-Breis, Jesualdo Tomás AU - Valencia-García, Rafael AU - Gómez, Juan Miguel AU - Martínez-Béjar, Rodrigo PY - 2008/05/23/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2008.05.007 ER -