Most literature searching in biomedicine is now conducted via PubMed, Google Scholar or other web-based biblio-graphic search mechanisms. Yet until now a public, open, interoperable and complete web-adapted information schema forbibliographic citations, bibliographic references and scientific discourse has not been available. Such a schema, expressed inthe form of a description logic compatible with current web semantics approaches, would provide the ability to treat biblio-graphic references and citations, and rhetorical discourse in scientific publications, as semantic metadata on the web, with allthe benefits that implies for organization, search and mash-up of web-based scientific information.In this paper we present CiTO + SWAN, a set of fully harmonized ontology modules resulting from the harmonization ofCiTO (the Citation Typing Ontology) with SWAN (Semantic Web Applications in Neuromedicine), which we have developedby jointly adapting and evolving version 1.6 of CiTO, the Citation Typing Ontology, and version 1.2 of the SWAN ScientificDiscourse Ontology (v1.2). The CiTO + SWAN model is specified in OWL 2 DL, is fully modular, and inherently supportsagent-based searching and mash-ups.Through the harmonization activity presented here, and previous work that harmonized SWAN with the SIOC (Semantical-ly-Interlinked Online Communities) Ontology for describing blogs, wikis and discussion groups, we have construct the basis ofa powerful new web framework for scientific communications.
CiTO + SWAN: The web semantics of bibliographic records, citations, evidence and discourse relationships
PERONI, SILVIO;
2014
Abstract
Most literature searching in biomedicine is now conducted via PubMed, Google Scholar or other web-based biblio-graphic search mechanisms. Yet until now a public, open, interoperable and complete web-adapted information schema forbibliographic citations, bibliographic references and scientific discourse has not been available. Such a schema, expressed inthe form of a description logic compatible with current web semantics approaches, would provide the ability to treat biblio-graphic references and citations, and rhetorical discourse in scientific publications, as semantic metadata on the web, with allthe benefits that implies for organization, search and mash-up of web-based scientific information.In this paper we present CiTO + SWAN, a set of fully harmonized ontology modules resulting from the harmonization ofCiTO (the Citation Typing Ontology) with SWAN (Semantic Web Applications in Neuromedicine), which we have developedby jointly adapting and evolving version 1.6 of CiTO, the Citation Typing Ontology, and version 1.2 of the SWAN ScientificDiscourse Ontology (v1.2). The CiTO + SWAN model is specified in OWL 2 DL, is fully modular, and inherently supportsagent-based searching and mash-ups.Through the harmonization activity presented here, and previous work that harmonized SWAN with the SIOC (Semantical-ly-Interlinked Online Communities) Ontology for describing blogs, wikis and discussion groups, we have construct the basis ofa powerful new web framework for scientific communications.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
