- Ontologies/OWL helps in finding new relationships
- e.g.: Life Sciences:
- most of the drug experiments are unsuccessful
- but the information from each experiment may be valuable
- by “binding” this information new insights can be gained
- (currently, life sciences are very excited by the prospects of the Semantic Web!)
- (currently, life sciences are very excited by the
prospects of
the Semantic Web!)
- e.g.: Life Sciences:
- RDF/OWL offers flexibility
- e.g., if the schema of a database has to be changed often
- this can occur in a dynamic environment
- redoing schemas may be costly and complicated…
- whereas adding a new RDFS or OWL rule is a breeze!
- e.g., if the schema of a database has to be changed often