Bio2RDF (Linked Biomedical RDF Network)
Bio2RDF (Linked Biomedical RDF Network) is a large-scale open-source semantic web integration project that converts over 35 diverse biological and biomedical databases into standardized RDF (Resource Description Framework) linked data, providing 11 billion RDF triples accessible through SPARQL endpoints and REST APIs. It enables federated queries across heterogeneous data sources using W3C standards and the Semanticscience Integrated Ontology (SIO).
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