sibils

is a Data Source.

SIBiLS (Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Literature Services) provides personalized information retrieval in biological literature, with customizable search in semantically enriched contents based on keywords and mapped biomedical entities from standardized vocabularies.

Domains

biological systems, health

License

CC-BY-3.0-CH

Homepage

sibils

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Product Summary

Products

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ID Name URL Category Format Description
sibils.site SIBiLS Web Interface sibils.org GraphicalInterface ❔ Web interface for exploring SIBiLS data
sibils.api.sparql SIBiLS SPARQL Endpoint sparql ProgrammingInterface ❔ SPARQL endpoint for querying SIBiLS data
sibils.api.rest.fetch SIBiLS Fetch API API#Fetch-API ProgrammingInterface ❔ RESTful API for fetching annotated co...
sibils.api.rest.search SIBiLS Search API API#Customizable-search-API ProgrammingInterface ❔ RESTful API for customizable search i...
sibils.api.rest.qa SIBiLS Question Answering API API#Question-Answering-API ProgrammingInterface ❔ RESTful API for question answering us...

Details

SIBiLS (Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Literature Services) provides personalized information retrieval services in biological literature. The platform offers fully customizable search capabilities in semantically enriched contents based on keywords and/or mapped biomedical entities from a growing set of standardized and legacy vocabularies.

The services cover four main collections that are updated daily:

  • MEDLINE citations
  • PubMed Central (PMC) full texts
  • Plazi treatments (taxonomic treatments from biodiversity literature)
  • PMC supplementary files

Key features of SIBiLS include:

  • Semantically enriched content with billions of mapped biomedical entities
  • Customizable search engines to assist curation of genes and gene products
  • RESTful APIs for programmatic access to literature services
  • Natural language question answering capabilities
  • Specialized services for different domains (biodiversity, biotechnology, genetic variations)
  • SPARQL endpoint for semantic queries

SIBiLS content is parsed and enriched with mapped biomedical entities from reference vocabularies, making it particularly valuable for life science researchers and curation teams. The platform is built on modern technologies that scale with big data, including MongoDB and Elasticsearch.

The services are developed by the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics in collaboration with the Haute Ecole de Gestion in Geneva and are supported by Elixir, swissuniversities, and HES-SO. The tagged entities in SIBiLS are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Switzerland License.

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Created: May 07, 2025 | Last modified: December 07, 2025