I3C: Missing in Action
February 4th, 2006 | Published in Health, News
Bio-IT World.com
In the fall of 2004, believing that the data interoperability challenge facing the life sciences was the poster child for this new technology, the W3C hosted a workshop on Semantic Web for the life sciences. Evidently the two groups were working on some similar problems. “I asked myself, was the mission of the I3C alive and well and better served in the W3C?” says Palmer.
Others agreed. It was becoming clear that “interoperability becomes less of a concern if Semantic Web comes along,” says Asher. Many I3C members have simply shifted their focus to Semantic Web efforts. Ironically, an important factor that simplifies use of Semantic Web technology on life science data is the adoption of the I3C’s LSID specification by many life science databases.
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