Tag: ontologies

Enhanced Semantic Access to the Protein Engineering Literature using Ontologies Populated by Text Mining

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René Witte, Thomas Kappler, and Christopher J. O. Baker. Enhanced Semantic Access to the Protein Engineering Literature using Ontologies Populated by Text Mining. In International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications (IJBRA), Volume 3, Issue 3, 2007. DOI: 10.1504/IJBRA.2007.015009.

Abstract:

The biomedical literature is growing at an ever-increasing rate, which pronounces the need to support scientists with advanced, automated means of accessing knowledge. We investigate a novel approach employing description logics (DL)-based queries made to formal ontologies that have been created using the results of text mining full-text research papers. In this paradigm, an OWL-DL ontology becomes populated with instances detected through natural language processing (NLP). The generated ontology can be queried by biologists using DL reasoners or integrated into bioinformatics workflows for further automated analyses. We demonstrate the feasibility of this approach with a system targeting the protein mutation literature.

Ontology Design for Biomedical Text Mining

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book coverRené Witte, Thomas Kappler, and Christopher J. O. Baker. Semantic Web: Revolutionizing Knowledge Discovery in the Life Sciences, chapter Ontology Design for Biomedical Text Mining. Springer, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-387-48436-5.

Abstract:

Text Mining in biology and biomedicine requires a large amount of domain-specific knowledge. Publicly accessible resources hold much of the information needed, yet their practical integration into natural language processing (NLP) systems is fraught with manifold hurdles, especially the problem of semantic disconnectedness throughout the various resources and components. Ontologies can provide the necessary framework for a consistent semantic integration, while additionally delivering formal reasoning capabilities to NLP.

In this chapter, we address four important aspects relating to the integration of ontology and NLP: (i) An analysis of the different integration alternatives and their respective vantages; (ii) The design requirements for an ontology supporting NLP tasks; (iii) Creation and initialization of an ontology using publicly available tools and databases; and (iv) The connection of common NLP tasks with an ontology, including technical aspects of ontology deployment in a text mining framework. A concrete application example—text mining of enzyme mutations—is provided to motivate and illustrate these points.

Engineering a Semantic Desktop for Building Historians and Architects

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R. Witte, P. Gerlach, M. Joachim, T. Kappler, R. Krestel and P. Perera: Engineering a Semantic Desktop for Building Historians and Architects [pdf]. 1st Workshop on The Semantic Desktop, November 6, 2005, Galway, Ireland.

René has a more comprehensive page on the paper.

Abstract

We analyze the requirements for an advanced semantic support of users—-building historians and architects—-of a multi-volume encyclopedia of architecture from the late 19th century. Novel requirements include the integration of content retrieval, content development, and automated content analysis based on natural language processing.

We present a system architecture for the detected requirements and its current implementation. A complex scenario demonstrates how a desktop supporting semantic analysis can contribute to specific, relevant user tasks.

Bibtex

@InProceedings{WGJKKP05,
author =    {Ren{'{e}} Witte and Petra Gerlach and Markus Joachim
             and Thomas Kapplerand Ralf Krestel and Praharshana Perera},
title =     {{Engineering a Semantic Desktop for Building Historians
             and Architects}},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Semantic Desktop Workshop at the ISWC},
pages =     {138--152},
year =      {2005},
volume =    {175},
series =    {CEUR Workshop Proceedings},
month =     {November 6},
address =   {Galway, Ireland},
note =      {url{http://CEUR-WS.org/Vol-175/34_witte_engineeringsd_final.pdf}},
annote =    {ISSN 1613-0073}
}

Presented at the 1st Workshop on The Semantic Desktop – Next Generation Personal Information Management and Collaboration Infrastructure at the International Semantic Web Conference, November 6, 2005, Galway, Ireland.