Title :
Ontology Checking and Integration of Crude-Drug and Kampo Information
Author :
Arita, Masanori ; Suwa, Kazuhiro ; Yoshimoto, Miwa ; Hirai, Aki ; Kanaya, Shigehiko
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Frontier Sci., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Motivation: Wiki-based databases are becoming popular in biology research, but many of them do not provide a measure to control vocabulary (ontology) of input data despite their use in multi-user environment. We present an extension to MediaWiki, the most popular Wiki-based platform, which realizes implementation of word checks and data integration at the user-level. With this functionality, any user can create integrated databases with controlled vocabularies inside Wiki. Results: Over 150 crude-drug information and 300 Kampo formulas were integrated with >1500 plant genus information. All data are accessible at http://metabolomics.jp/wiki/. Availability: PHP source codes are available at http://metabolomics.jp/wiki/Metabolomics.JP:About. Introduced wiki commands are summarized at http://metabolomics.jp/wiki/Doc:Extensions.
Keywords :
Web sites; data analysis; database management systems; drug delivery systems; ontologies (artificial intelligence); vocabulary; Kampo information; MediaWiki; Wiki-based databases; controlled vocabularies; crude-drug integration; data integration; ontology checking; Biological control systems; Biology; Data mining; Databases; Drugs; HTML; Information science; Internet; Ontologies; Vocabulary;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, 2009. BMEI '09. 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tianjin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4132-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4134-1
DOI :
10.1109/BMEI.2009.5304890
