Dynamic and repeatable transformation of existing Thesauri and Authority lists into SKOS + Cross-tabulation of Concepts Linked Data

Integrating applications & projects= Dynamic & repeatable transformation of existing Thesauri and Authority lists into SKOS + Cross-tabulation of Concepts Linked DataPresentation to the Linked Data MeetingUniversity Col ege of London, September 14th 2010by Christophe Dupriez, Destin SSEB, dupriez@destin.beworking for Belgium Poison Centrerue Bruyn 1, B-1120 Brussels (Belgium)The main request from Users:Whenever a concept is mentioned,concise visual clues about:" Where it comes from? (e.g. : substances)• Where is it also mentioned?(e.g. : in MDs Wiki+paper files)• For which role?(e.g. This substance, is it a problem or a cure? )• About how many times is it mentioned?(e.g.=893 bibliographic records, 203 products, 2180 calls, 65 medical reports)+ single click to access any of those when desired.Use Case : Current AwarenessFrom a list of subjects anddocument types (e.g. reviews, case reports…) :• filter remote sources (e.g. PubMed)• help index new records with our vocabularies.We must manage equivalencesbetween our thesauri and remote ones (e.g. MeSH)(browse, display, validate, update...)Our ConceptMeSH HeadingEQ & NTs...& NTs...EQ~BTM NTMUse Case: EmergencieswordsConceptsDataFeedback1) Powerful word search2) Information to discriminate between Concepts3) Identified Concepts = Clues to gather Linked Data4) Managing sets of data for different Clues5) Browsing Data to discriminate between HypothesisSupport MDs to build their recommendations;Analysis of Events for Toxico-VigilanceBenefits of integrating SKOS(terminology and concepts management)in all applications of users' workbench• Multilingual data and user interface.• Exhaustivity: Searches retrieves specifics, synonyms, translations and equivalent concepts in other “aligned” thesauri.• Precision: precise result for a given concept• Strongly validated updates; Data entry helped by Auto-complete• Better metadata model, easier to maintainBenefits of integratingConcepts' Usages informationin all applications of users' workbench•: concept's references enriched with statistics and links to places where they are also used.• Promotes direct linking from a concept to its usages within applications.• Promotes homogenous display and functionalities to create, display, update, link, unlink concepts to applications elements.• Usage statistics (and search link) near each mention of a concept (passage from one application to another)• Better metadata model, easier to maintain1. BIBL application: Articles about Human ToxicologyInternal Thesauri (Subject Vocabularies):1) Substances2) Living beings (plants, animals, mushrooms...)3) Symptoms, Treatments4) PlacesExternal Thesauri and Vocabularies:1) MeSH2) NCBI Taxonomy, SP2000 Catalogue of Life3) CAS/EINECS (REACH, ChemID+)2. WIKI application (“SAQ”)Advices from MDs to others about how to manage situations linked to the different concepts of the internal thesauri.3. CASES applicationData about calls received and cases reviewed.Internal Thesauri already mentioned.4. PROD application: Mixtures sold on BE marketInternal Thesaurus: SubstancesExternal Thesauri and Vocabularies:(development to be undertaken by a network of Poison Centres)1) CAS/EINECS (REACH, ChemID+)2) Product Usage Categories5. CONTACT applicationTopic specialists and Products' Manufacturers/DistributorsInternal Thesauri:1) Subject thesauri already mentioned2) Places6. ASKOSI: Thesauri based Applications' ManagerIntegration under ASKOSI umbrella remains to be done for applications 3. 4. and 5. above.ASKOSI.org is an open project to create Java tools to integrate the benefits of terminology / concept usages management within applications. It is:1. A Java Archive (JAR) providing an API aligned on SKOS conceptual organisation to access:1. Local or remote vocabularies / thesauri (being SKOS or not)2. Application data linked to Concepts;2. A Web Application to browse gathered thesauri (and to manage their interrelations)Integrating ASKOSI with applications UsersExternal ApplicationsInternet BrowserSKOS RDF or XMLOur Java developments+ Usage StatisticsHTTPJava Open Source software that we adapt to our needsApache Tomcat J2EEShared ASKOSI.JAR (SKOS Schemes AccessesOpen Source Software + Usage statistics by applications)ASKOSI Previous DSpaceWeb Queries Apache Applicatiand Data JspWikionNavigatorJDBC + SQLSearch Engine Apache SolR + Lucene adapted XML, CSV SQL to our needsor RDF filesDatabase