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WikiProfessional (Wiki for Professionals) is a web-based research environment for semantic searching, providing an intuitive tool for analyzing and relating concepts[1][2][3][4].
When data is entered, the system semantically analyzes and recognizes co-occurrences between different entities. The results are visualized through a Knowlet, which is a visual representation of semantic distance between associated entities. This Knowlet is then used to notify persons that have subscribed to these entities, enabling a rapid data interchange between collaborators.
The current focus is proteins using WikiProteins[5]as knowledge portal. It contains over a hundred million entries, "melding some of the key biomedical databases into a single information resource".
- 245,000 Proteins from UniProt/Swiss-Prot
- 24,000 Gene Ontology terms from the GO Consortium
- 880,000 Concepts from UMLS/NLM
- 112,000,000 Unique sentences from Medline
The project, which is nearing the open beta test phase, is operated by Knewco and led by initiator Barend Mons, a bioinformatician at the Erasmus MC and Leiden University Medical Centre. Knewco intends to profit from WikiProfessionals by charging some users (such as drug firms) for "premium services", for example incorporating a private version of the system with in-house data.
[edit] References
- ^ Jim Giles (2007-02-15). "Key biology databases go wiki". Nature. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v445/n7129/full/445691a.html. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
- ^ John Timmer (2007-02-15). "Meet the uber-wiki". ars technica. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070215-8857.html. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
- ^ Bertalan Meskó (2007-04-06). "Web 3.0 and medicine". http://scienceroll.com/2007/04/06/web-30-and-medicine/. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
- ^ Bertalan Meskó (2007-09-05). "WikiProfessional Alpha Testing: a wiki of web 3.0". http://scienceroll.com/2007/09/05/wikiprofessional-alpha-testing-a-wiki-of-web-30/. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
- ^ http://proteins.wikiprofessional.org/ WikiProteins
