RDFIO

RDFIO enables import and export of RDF (Resource Description Framework) between Semantic MediaWiki and external RDF/ontology formats to integrate semantic biological and chemical data for biomedical research.


Key Features:

  • RDF Import/Export Functionality: Imports RDF data into Semantic MediaWiki and exports SMW content back to RDF to support interoperability between Semantic Web formats and SMW's internal format.
  • Metadata Management: Manages metadata required for exporting integrated data into RDF or other ontology formats to preserve data consistency across platforms.
  • Collaborative Data Integration: Leverages Semantic MediaWiki's structured semantic data authoring to support collaborative organization and integration of biological data.
  • Automated and Manual Data Handling: Combines automated RDF data imports with manually curated SMW presentations to integrate machine-derived and human-curated content.

Scientific Applications:

  • Drug Discovery Data: Import of drug discovery-related datasets such as rare disease information from Orphanet for biomedical research use.
  • Chemical Properties Data: Integration of chemical property datasets such as acid dissociation constants sourced from Wikidata.

Methodology:

Provides a bi-directional framework that imports RDF datasets into Semantic MediaWiki and exports SMW content back into RDF/ontology formats.

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Details

Maturity:
Mature
Cost:
Free of charge
Tool Type:
api
Operating Systems:
Linux, Windows, Mac
Programming Languages:
PHP, SQL
Added:
5/11/2019
Last Updated:
6/16/2020

Operations

Publications

Lampa S, Willighagen E, Kohonen P, King A, Vrandečić D, Grafström R, Spjuth O. RDFIO: extending Semantic MediaWiki for interoperable biomedical data management. Journal of Biomedical Semantics. 2017;8(1). doi:10.1186/s13326-017-0136-y. PMID:28870259. PMCID:PMC5584330.

Documentation