Boca: an open-source RDF store for building Semantic Web applications

This article presents the design goals and features of the open-source Boca RDF server in the context of a community of cancer-tumor modeling investigators. Boca supplements the desirable data features of the Semantic Web with important enterprise and application features to power a new generation o...

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Published in:Briefings in bioinformatics 2007-05, Vol.8 (3), p.195-200
Main Authors: Feigenbaum, Lee, Martin, Sean, Roy, Matthew N., Szekely, Benjamin, Yung, Wing C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bioinformatics
Humans
Information Dissemination
Information Storage and Retrieval
Internet
Online data bases
Open source software
Research Personnel
Semantic web
Semantics
Software
User interface
User-Computer Interface
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Summary:This article presents the design goals and features of the open-source Boca RDF server in the context of a community of cancer-tumor modeling investigators. Boca supplements the desirable data features of the Semantic Web with important enterprise and application features to power a new generation of Semantic-Web-based applications. The data features enable the integration and retrieval of tremendous quantities of diverse data. The enterprise features promote data integrity, fidelity, provenance and robustness. The application features provide for collaborative applications and dynamic user interfaces.
ISSN:1467-5463
1477-4054
DOI:10.1093/bib/bbm017