Semantic Web Technologies: Opportunity for Domain Targeted Libraries?

The World Wide Web has become a compelling mechanism for access to medical libraries and evidence-based databases. However, the current Web lacks the Semantic machinery to expose and reason with detailed knowledge. The Semantic Web can provide this by making formal knowledge available across Web sit...

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Published in:Journal of electronic resources in medical libraries 2007, Vol.4 (1-2), p.113-125
Main Author: Ferguson, Jon C.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Digital libraries
domain specific libraries
Exact sciences and technology
Health
Information and communication sciences
Information processing and retrieval
Information science. Documentation
Knowledge management
maternal health
Miscellaneous
Ontology
Sciences and techniques of general use
Semantic Web
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Summary:The World Wide Web has become a compelling mechanism for access to medical libraries and evidence-based databases. However, the current Web lacks the Semantic machinery to expose and reason with detailed knowledge. The Semantic Web can provide this by making formal knowledge available across Web sites, creating opportunities for collaborative discovery. This article discusses emerging Semantic Web technologies and how they can be applied to digital libraries. Examples are drawn from cross-disciplinary research into maternal health in developing nations being conducted by IMMPACT (The Initiative for Maternal Mortality Programme Assessment). doi:10.1300/J383v04n01_11
ISSN:1542-4065
1542-4073
DOI:10.1300/J383v04n01_11