Semantic Publishing

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Semantic Publishing refers to all activities that expand or enrich the meaning or purpose of published content (including articles, blog entries). The content and the enrichments are then mostly published on the web.

The term semantic publishing was created to summarize various initiatives - especially in the area of ​​scientific publishing.

The extensions are based on semantic web technologies . Information within a text or the metadata of the text are made available in a machine-readable format. This enables the computer to understand the structure or even the meaning of the published information. This leads to a more efficient information search and information integration. It can also be used to introduce additional services, such as linking an article with semantically related content.

Examples of semantic extensions of content

The topic of semantic publishing has not yet been clearly defined, but it already offers many concrete use cases. Whether all semantic extensions actually offer added value has yet to be proven.

Markup of entities

Elements that can be clearly identified thanks to standardized names or nomenclatures can be labeled within an article. This marking is used to connect the element or the entity to other information sources, which enables additional information relating to the entity to be retrieved.

The Reflect web service is based on this principle. Reflect is a plug-in that can be installed in a web browser. It marks gene, protein and molecule names on every webpage that is visited by a user. Clicking on a highlighted name opens a popup that contains additional information on the selected element that is not available on the original website.

Formatting of the information in triples

The information or facts contained in an article can be formatted as triples (entity - relationship - entity; or subject - predicate - object) by converting the data into an RDF- based language. This makes it possible to make facts and relationships available in a machine-readable format for further reuse in a semantic context.

The representation of information in triplets is implemented in the FEBS Letters Experiment (FEBS = Federation of European Biochemical Societies) using the Structured Digital Abstract. This abstract contains biological entities, their relationship to one another, and the method by which the relationship has been studied. This makes it possible to search not only for the names of the entities, but also for their relationships to one another.

Specific use case

David Shotton, a member of a research group in the Department of Zoology at Oxford University, has attempted to do as many semantic extensions as possible to an article in the Plos magazine Neglected Tropical Diseases. The enhancements include: downloadable XML version of the article, downloadable data sets, assignment of DOIs, semantic marking of terms with links to relevant external information sources, interactive images, reorganization of the bibliography, quotation analyzes, a tag cloud and much more. The article can be viewed online become.

Original version: doi : 10.1371 / journal.pntd.0000228

Version with the semantic enhancements: doi : 10.1371 / journal.pntd.0000228.x001

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shotton, D .: Semantic publishing: the coming revolution in scientific journal publishing. 2009, p. 86.
  2. ↑ De Waard, A .: From Proteins to Fairytales: Directions in Semantic Publishing. 2010, p. 83
  3. ↑ Shotton, D .: Semantic publishing: the coming revolution in scientific journal publishing. 2009, p. 86.
  4. ↑ See also: Website of the web service Reflect
  5. ^ Pafilis E. et al .: Reflect: augmented browsing for the life scientist. 2009
  6. ^ Gerstein, M .: Publishing perishing? Towards tomorrow's information architecture. 2007
  7. ↑ Shotton, D., et al .: Adventures in Semantic Publishing: Exemplar Semantic Enhancements of a Research Article. 2009
  8. ^ Reis, R .: Impact of Environment and Social Gradient on Leptospira Infection in Urban Slums. 2008

literature

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  • Renato B. Reis, Guilherme S. Ribeiro, Ridalva DM Felzemburgh, Francisco S. Santana, Sharif Mohr, Astrid XTO Melendez, Adriano Queiroz, Andréia C. Santos, Romy R. Ravines, Wagner S. Tassinari, Marília S. Carvalho, Mitermayer G. Reis, Albert I. Ko: Impact of Environment and Social Gradient on Leptospira Infection in Urban Slums. In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Vol. 2, No. 4, 2008, ISSN  1935-2735 , pp. 1–10 (e228). Original version: doi : 10.1371 / journal.pntd.0000228 , version with the semantic enhancements: doi : 10.1371 / journal.pntd.0000228.x001
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