1. W3C Semantic Web for Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group

2. Agenda Introduction to the HCLS IG
Eric Prud’hommeaux, W3C
Clinical Observations Interoperability Task
Vipul Kashyap, Cigna Healthcare
Terminology Task
John Madden, Duke University
Linking Open Drug Data Task
Susie Stephens, Eli Lilly
Scientific Discourse Task
Tim Clark, Harvard University
BioRDF Task
Kei Cheung, Yale University

3. Introduction to the HCLS IG

4. Background of the HCLS IG
Originally chartered in 2005
Chairs: Eric Neumann and Tonya Hongsermeier
Re-chartered in 2008
Chairs: Scott Marshall and Susie Stephens
Team contact: Eric Prud’hommeaux
96 formal participants, and mailing list of > 500
Information about the group

5. Mission of HCLS IG
The mission of HCLS is to develop, advocate for, and support the use of Semantic Web technologies for
Biological science
Translational medicine
Health care
These domains stand to gain tremendous benefit by adoption of Semantic Web technologies, as they depend on the interoperability of information from many domains and processes for efficient decision support

6. Group Activities
Document use cases to aid individuals in understanding the business and technical benefits of using Semantic Web technologies
Document guidelines to accelerate the adoption of the technology
Implement a selection of the use cases as proof-of-concept demonstrations
Develop high-level vocabularies
Disseminate information about the group’s work at government, industry, and academic events

7. Current Task Forces BioRDF – integrated neuroscience knowledge base
Kei Cheung (Yale University)
Clinical Observations Interoperability – patient recruitment in trials
Vipul Kashyap (Cigna Healthcare)
Linking Open Drug Data – aggregation of Web-based drug data
Chris Bizer (Free University Berlin)
Pharma Ontology – high level patient-centric ontology
Christi Denney (Eli Lilly)
Scientific Discourse – building communities through networking
Tim Clark (Harvard University)
Terminology – Semantic Web representation of existing resources
John Madden (Duke University)

8. Accomplishments Technical Outreach
HCLS KB hosted at 2 institutes, with content from x data sources
ClinicalTrials.gov, DailyMed, DrugBank, & Diseasome added to Linked Data Cloud
Integration of SWAN and SIOC ontologies for Scientific Discourse
COI demonstrator of querying across heterogeneous EHR systems
Outreach
Conference Presentations and Workshops:
Bio-IT World, WWW, ISMB, ISWC, AMIA, Society for Neuroscience, C-SHALS, etc.
Publications:
BMC Bioinformatics: Advanced Translational Research with the Semantic Web
AMIA Spring Symposium: Clinical Observations Interoperability: A Semantic Web Approach
W3C Note: A Prototype Knowledge Base for the Life Sciences
W3C Note: Experiences with the Conversion of SenseLab Databases to RDF/OWL

9. Getting Involved Benefits to getting involved include: Get involved
Early access to use cases and best practice
Influence standard recommendations
Cost effective exploration of new technology through collaboration
Network with others working on the Semantic Web
Get involved
Speak to any of us after the session!
chairs and team contact
Participate in the F2F on April 30/May 1