Launching the Research Project GO3R to Develop a Knowledge-Based Search Engine
Ruslan David
Assessment is funding Transinsight GmbH's research project GO3R. This
project focuses on the development of a knowledge-based search engine
for alternative methods to animal experiments. Transinsight is closely
collaborating with scientists from the Centre for Documentation and
Evaluation of Alternatives to Animal Experiments (ZEBET).
This project was inspired by the EU-Guideline 86/609/EEC for the
protection of animals in experimentation and the German law for animal
protection. The protection of these animals starts even before the
experiment begins. The prerequisite for the approval of animal
experiments is the evaluation of whether the animal trial can be
replaced by other methods. Therefore all information available is an
essential part of the evaluation process for animal experimentation in
Germany. Access to all available information regarding alternative
methods to animal experiments is of the highest importance. The
Internet enables access to an unlimited quantity of information for
alternative methods to animal experimentation. However it is very
difficult to select the right information from this vast amount. This
is where the semantic web plays a crucial role. The semantic web
provides intelligent search machines that understand what the user is
looking for and what the significance of the search results is. With
semantic technologies the quality of the search will be improved
significantly. Transinsight's knowledge-based search engine engages
the user in a dialog to sort through the tangle of information and
provides results as an "intelligent table of contents".
Read more...
http://www.ehealthserver.com/ontology/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=71&Itemid=1
Ruslan David, MD
IFOMIS
eHealth Ontology Project
http://www.ehealthserver.com/ontology/