WikiProfessional
Encyclopedia
WikiProfessional is a web-based research environment for semantic search
ing, providing an intuitive tool for analyzing and relating concepts.
When data is entered, the system semantically
analyzes and recognizes co-occurrence
s 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 WikiProteinsas knowledge portal. It contains over a hundred million entries, "melding some of the key biomedical databases into a single information resource".
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.
Semantic search
Semantic search seeks to improve search accuracy by understanding searcher intent and the contextual meaning of terms as they appear in the searchable dataspace, whether on the Web or within a closed system, to generate more relevant results. Author Seth Grimes lists "11 approaches that join...
ing, providing an intuitive tool for analyzing and relating concepts.
When data is entered, the system semantically
Semantics
Semantics is the study of meaning. It focuses on the relation between signifiers, such as words, phrases, signs and symbols, and what they stand for, their denotata....
analyzes and recognizes co-occurrence
Co-occurrence
Co-occurrence or cooccurrence can either mean concurrence / coincidence or, in a more specific sense, the above-chance frequent occurrence of two terms from a text corpus alongside each other in a certain order. Co-occurrence in this linguistic sense can be interpreted as an indicator of semantic...
s 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 WikiProteinsas 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 UniProtUniProtUniProt is a comprehensive, high-quality and freely accessible database of protein sequence and functional information, many of which are derived from genome sequencing projects...
/Swiss-Prot - 24,000 Gene Ontology terms from the GO ConsortiumGene OntologyThe Gene Ontology, or GO, is a major bioinformatics initiative to unify the representation of gene and gene product attributes across all species...
- 880,000 Concepts from UMLS/NLMUnited States National Library of MedicineThe United States National Library of Medicine , operated by the United States federal government, is the world's largest medical library. Located in Bethesda, Maryland, the NLM is a division of the National Institutes of Health...
- 112,000,000 Unique sentences from MedlineMEDLINEMEDLINE is a bibliographic database of life sciences and biomedical information. It includes bibliographic information for articles from academic journals covering medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and health care...
The project, which is nearing the open beta test phase, is operated by Knewco and led by initiator Barend Mons
Barend Mons
Barend Mons is a biologist and bioinformatics specialist. Since 2002 he is an Associate Professor in Bio-Semantics at the Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Rotterdam and also at the Department of Human Genetics at the Leiden University Medical Centre, both in...
, a bioinformatician at the Erasmus MC
Erasmus MC
The Erasmus MC is the academic hospital of the city of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. It is affiliated with the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, and home to its faculty of medicine...
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.