Super Database Based on Ontology

November 1, 2011 / Melody Smith / Comments Off on Super Database Based on Ontology

Researchers at the RIKEN BioResource Center are developing a system that will be able to bring together all of the information saved in databases around the world to be accessible from a single terminal.

R&D Magazine brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Integrating the world’s scientific databases through ontology.” This “Borg” sounding system will allow scientists to select the information necessary for their research instantaneously from any database in the world, analyze it, and display the results in a readily usable format. It should be no surprise that the key to the system is ontology. Ontological systems have proven to revolutionize the way we share data, and the technology is attracting attention across the globe.

Even though ontology development is attracting attention worldwide, there are plenty of obstacles to face as well. It is nice to see such research focused on creating one super database for science.

Melody K. Smith

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Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.