practical semantics - an introduction
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This is an intriduction to how Semantic/Linked Data technologies can help solve the challenges of information overload. This presentation is often given in co-junction with 'meet Jessica - Making Connections Matter.TRANSCRIPT
Practical Semantics
What can Semantics do for me today?
Ben GardnerCollaboration & Information Architect
Ben at differentiatedthinking.comhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/bengardner135
Practical Semantics
An introduction to Semantics
Delivering semantic solutions today
meet Jessica – A vision of working in a Semantic enabled organisation
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We live in exponential times
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A list is good enough?
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A list is not enough
Quosa
Network Analysis
Utopia
Carrot 2
Semantics
Ben GardnerTargetpedia
Reflect
Integrating Relational Data is Hard
Complexity
Cost
/Res
ourc
e/Ti
me
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An Alternative Approach
Semantics Relational
OpenDiscoverableInteroperable
RobustPerformanceAuditing
Exploratory/InvestigativeEvolvingDynamicAgile
Best practiceReproducibleStandardisedConsistent
Business Drivers
Technology Strengths
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HTML Links Pages
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World Wide Web
http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/wp-content/uploads/slash/iA_WebTrends_2007_2_1600x1024.gif Ben Gardner
Things have Properties
Jessica
ExpertiseMolecular PharmacologyMolecular BiologyReceptor TheoryG-Protein Coupled ReceptorsModellingData VisualisationReceptor RegulationIn Vitro Assay Development
ProjectsD3 Agonist for FSDNav1.7 for PainCB2 for ObesityD2 for Schizophrenia
Targets5HT1a&bG-ProteinsCB1&2P38Arrestin’s
LocationSandwich
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Resource Description Framework (RDF)
Subject
<Jessica>
Predicate
<hasExpertise>
Object
<CB2>
RDF Triple
<Jessica>
<CB2>
<Sandwich>
<Nav1.7 forPain>
<MolecularBiology>
hasExpertise
hasLocation
hasWorkedOn
hasSkill
Graph
Combining Triples creates a directed, labelled graph
Ben GardnerInspired by J Phil Brooks
Connections are common properties shared by Things
Jessica[+] Expertise[+] Projects[-] Targets
CBR25HT1A&CG-ProteinsP38Arrestin’s
[+] Location
Cannabinoid Receptor 2[+] Structure[+] Isoforms[+] Pharmacological tools[-] Implicated in
MigraineObesitySchizophrenia…..
Migraine[-] Targets
CGRP5HT1DCB2PDE3Ras
[+] Competitive Intelligence[+] Treatments[+] ……
Vocabularies
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Inspired by J Phil Brooks
Resource Description Framework (RDF)
<Jessica>
<CB2>
<Sandwich>
<Nav1.7 forPain>
<MolecularBiology>
hasExpertise
hasLocation
hasWorkedOn
hasSkill
<CB2>
<PF-334,765>
<Migraine>
<GPCR>
hasTool
Implicated_in
subClassOf
Graphs can be joined together ……
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<Jessica>
<CB2>
<Sandwich>
<Nav1.7 forPain>
<MolecularBiology>
hasExpertise
hasLocation
hasWorkedOn
hasSkill
<CB2>
<PF-334,765>
<GPCR>
hasTool
Implicated_in
subClassOf
<Migraine>
<Tryptan>
<5HT1D>
<CGRP>
hasTreatmentClass
Associated target
Associated target
…... to traverse the knowledge space
Resource Description Framework (RDF)
Ben GardnerInspired by J Phil Brooks
Linked Open Data
http://richard.cyganiak.de/2007/10/lod/
Ok so it is a bit more complicatedDisambiguation Context
Sildenafil Citrate
Viagra Revatio
= =
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Rest Services (Abstraction layer)
Data Sources
RDBMSOracle,Postgres
SQL, mySql
RDF Triple Store
MS ExcelTXTDoc
RDFSparql EndPoint Sparql EndPointNative
Semantic Integration FrameworkKnowledge Collation, Concept mapping, Distributed Query
Result inference, Aggregation
Increasing Ease of DevelopmentDecreasing knowledge of Semantic technologies
Applications
Business Process / Workflow Automation
PURL
Building a linked data cloud
1
2
3
Phil Ashworth UCB – SemTech 2011 Ben Gardner
But this is all theoretical right?
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Patents have Properties
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Patents can be aggregated by Properties
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Pfizerpedia Patents is a Node
http://richard.cyganiak.de/2007/10/lod/
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Making
Connections
Matterwith Jessica
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http://www.slideshare.net/bengardner135/meet-jessica-making-connections-matter
18 months ago Jessica’s did not know what she was missing
She needed to know where information was before she could use it
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Today because of Semantics…..
…… information finds Jessica’sBen Gardner
Ask Jessica what semantics means to her it’s most definitely about
Making
Connections
Matter
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“It’s all about connections”
People 2 People Data 2 Data
People 2 Data Ben Gardner
Semantics on the Gartner Hype Cycle
visibility
time
TechnologyTrigger
Peak ofInflated
ExpectationsTrough of
Disillusionment Slope of EnlightenmentPlateau of
Productivity
Linked Data
Ben Gardner
Ben GardnerCollaboration and Information Architect
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Contact via:
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Ben at differentiatedthinking.com