13 | | == Objectives == |
| 13 | == Objectives == |
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| 15 | [http://dbcls.rois.ac.jp/en/ DBCLS] is working for integration of biological resources. To achieve this, we are organizing !BioHackathons to survey existing efforts and to develop integrated environments with open source software and public services. |
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| 17 | * 2008 : Towards interoperable web services in life science with Open Bio* libraries |
| 18 | * 2009 : Integration of web services in bioinformatics applications |
| 19 | * 2010 : Interpretation of biological knowledge with Semantic Web technologies |
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| 21 | Themes of the hackathons evolved year by year and we are continuously providing opportunities to gather cutting edge developers and researchers for adopting state of the art technologies to emerging challenges in life science. Facing to unprecedented amount and variety of biomedical data, it is required to consolidate related information and facilitating efficient interpretation of the accumulated biological knowledge. Therefore, we selected Semantic Web technologies as a main theme for this year. Topics to be discussed include: |