RIKEN MetaDatabase: A Database Platform for Health Care and Life Sciences as a Microcosm of Linked Open Data Cloud

Norio Kobayashi, Satoshi Kume, Kai Lenz, Hiroshi Masuya

Source Title: International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (IJSWIS)14(1)

ISSN: 1552-6283|EISSN: 1552-6291|EISBN13: 9781522542902|DOI: 10.4018/IJSWIS.2018010106

MLA

Kobayashi, Norio, et al. "RIKEN MetaDatabase: A Database Platform for Health Care and Life Sciences as a Microcosm of Linked Open Data Cloud." IJSWIS vol.14, no.1 2018: pp.140-164. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSWIS.2018010106

APA

Kobayashi, N., Kume, S., Lenz, K., & Masuya, H. (2018). RIKEN MetaDatabase: A Database Platform for Health Care and Life Sciences as a Microcosm of Linked Open Data Cloud. International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (IJSWIS), 14(1), 140-164. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSWIS.2018010106

Chicago

Kobayashi, Norio, et al. "RIKEN MetaDatabase: A Database Platform for Health Care and Life Sciences as a Microcosm of Linked Open Data Cloud," International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (IJSWIS) 14, no.1: 140-164. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSWIS.2018010106

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Abstract

Recently, the number and heterogeneity of life science datasets published on the Web have increased significantly. However, biomedical scientists face numerous serious difficulties finding, using and publishing useful databases. To address these issues, the authors developed a Resource Description Framework-based database platform, called the RIKEN MetaDatabase (http://metadb.riken.jp), that allows biologists to develop, publish and integrate multiple databases easily. The platform manages the metadata of both research and individual data described using standardised vocabularies and ontologies, and has a simple browser-based graphical user interface to view data including tabular and graphical forms. The platform was released in April 2015, and 113 databases, including mammalian, plant, bioresource and image databases, with 26 ontologies have been published using this platform as of January 2017. This paper describes the technical knowledge obtained through the development and operation of the RIKEN MetaDatabase to accelerate life science data distribution.