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Semantic Web eyed for life sciences data

gregcollver — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:33:40 GMT

Called Neurocommons.org, the project will provide a free repository of neurology-related data, tools and pathway knowledge for use by public and private researchers.

http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/004720.html

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Visualization

jamiepitts — Fri, 13 Feb 2004 01:01:38 GMT

I just posted something along these lines in the cypberpunk tribe:

What I have been thinking about lately is the semantic web and how it will be visually expressed. For example, how can one visually / audibly compare two different medical insurance policies to find the optimal situation?

Most depictions of the network center on the viewer moving through the network to access information, or perhaps a Matrix-style metaphore interface.

Command shells, web pages, email, messaging, and games - the main interfaces to cyberspace - are utterly unlike the depictions in literature and on screen. I predict that the semantic web will, out of sheer necessity, bring us new kinds of data visualization, but it may look more like a geometric video game than a visceral AT&T commercial.

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Shirky Fallout

jamiepitts — Tue, 18 Nov 2003 02:02:59 GMT

Last week, Paul Ford of Ftrain posted an excellent response to Shirky's semantic punditry:

http://www.ftrain.com/ContraShirky.html

Peter Van Dijck also put up a very useful summary of the Shirky debate:

http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/semantic/

- James

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