Tuesday, December 13, 2005

First Medical Group on Semantic Web

Medical industry first group on semantic Web: "The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has launched its first special interest group to begin the planning necessary for application of semantic Web technologies in a vertical industry.

The new group, called the Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group (HCLSIG), will be the first to deploy semantic Web specifications into services defined by a user community.

Until now, semantic Web specifications have been largely generalized in nature, making it difficult to see their full potential.

W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee says that 'this new venture puts W3C specification through the paces of a dynamic, multifaceted and interdependent set of communities.'"

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