Semantic Model to Integrate Biological Resources

We present a framework that uses semantic modeling to represent biological data sources, the multiple links that capture relationships among them, as well as the various applications that transform or analyze biological data. We introduce a data model that encompass three layers: the ontological layer composed of an ontology to represent the scientific concepts and their relationships, the physical layer of the physical resources made available to the scientists, and the data layer composed of the entries accessible through the different resources.