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Open Data Driving Scholarly Communication in 2020

Phil — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:39:47 -0800

Slides presented at the 7th International Data Curation Conference

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Introduction to Biomedical Ontologies #2: Anatomy of an Ontology Annotation, part 1

jennifer.r.smith — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:22:00 -0700

Do you find that, like many who use biomedical ontologies, the only part of an ontology "annotation" you use is the ontology term itself? Perhaps you've noticed from time to time that there are some other things that seem to tag along with the ontology term but never really paid attention to those. Or perhaps you are just learning about ontologies and you want to know where the ontology "annotations" come from and what they are based on.

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Introduction to Biomedical Ontologies 1: What is an Ontology?

jennifer.r.smith — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:25:02 -0700

While reading an article or looking at a website, have you ever seen the term “ontology” and wondered what that meant? Do you hear people talking about using ontologies and ask yourself what the hubbub is about? This video is designed to help answer those questions. Here is a beginner’s look at what an ontology is and why ontologies are an important tool in the scientist’s toolbox.

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Data Curation in Biology – Past, Present and Future

simont — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:04:56 -0700

This is an audio recording of Janet Thornton's keynote presentation at the Third International BioCurator Society meeting held in Berlin, April 2009.

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Getting Started with GBrowse

jennifer.r.smith — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:28:47 -0700

So you've heard people talking about "Genome Browsers" but you've never used one and you're not quite sure where to start. This video is just what you've been looking for! We use the Rat Genome Browser at the Rat Genome Database as an example, but this information is applicable to any similar "GBrowse" tool. Check this out for a quick look at "Getting started with GBrowse".

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Changes in Scholarly Communication and the Potential Impact on Biocuration

simont — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:51:52 -0700

Audio recording of Phil Bourne's plenary lecture at the 3rd International BioCurator meeting in Berlin, April 17th 2009. Slides are available from http://www.sdsc.edu/pb/Talks

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