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Import of ENZYME data into the ConceptWiki and its representation as RDF

Solutions to the classic problems of dealing with heterogeneous data and making entire collections interoperable while ensuring that any annotation, which includes the recognition-and-reward system of scientific publishing, need to fit into a seamless beginning to end to attract large numbers of end users. The latest trend in Web applications encourages highly interactive Web sites with rich user interfaces featuring content integrated from various sources around the Web. The obvious potential of RDF, SPARQL, and OWL to provide flexible data modeling, easier data integration, and networked data access may be the answer to the classic problems. Using Semantic Web technologies we have created a Web application, the ConceptWiki, as an end-to-end solution for creating browserbased readwrite triples using RDF, which focus on data integration and ease of use for the end user. Here we will demonstrate the integration of a biological data source, the ENZYME database, into the ConceptWiki and it's representation in RDF.