The Semantic Web is a vision for the next generation of the Web [1]. The Web is a huge interlinked information resource, but is largely restricted to human use because the information is represented only in natural language. The goal of the Semantic Web is to make these data - the facts on the Web - amenable to computational processing. To date, the Semantic Web has largely been pushed by technology development, but the life sciences are seen to be a huge area for potential application development. Indeed, a recent workshop on this subject saw over 100 attendees, indicating a great interest in the community.
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