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                 Semantic	
  Web	
  Applications	
  and	
  Tools	
  for	
  Life	
  Sciences	
  

                                                 SWAT4LS	
  –	
  2010	
  

                                                               	
  

SWAT4LS	
  (Semantic	
  Web	
  Applications	
  and	
  Tools	
  for	
  Life	
  Sciences)	
  is	
  a	
  workshop	
  
that	
  aims	
  at	
  providing	
  a	
  venue	
  to	
  critically	
  discuss	
  benefits	
  and	
  limits	
  of	
  Semantic	
  
Web	
  technologies	
  and	
  tools	
  in	
  the	
  Life	
  Sciences.	
  	
  

The	
  third	
  edition	
  of	
  SWAT4LS	
  was	
  held	
  in	
  Berlin	
  on	
  December	
  10th,	
  2010.	
  The	
  
workshop	
  was	
  attended	
  by	
  about	
  70	
  people,	
  with	
  a	
  worldwide	
  attendance.	
  
Keynotes	
  were	
  given	
  by	
  Prof.	
  Jonas	
  Almeida:	
  Development	
  of	
  Integrative	
  
Bioinformatics	
  Applications	
  using	
  Cloud	
  Computing	
  resources	
  and	
  Knowledge	
  
Organization	
  Systems	
  (KOS),	
  and	
  Prof.	
  Christopher	
  Baker:	
  A	
  renaissance	
  for	
  the	
  
point	
  mutation:	
  from	
  legacy	
  data	
  to	
  semantic	
  web	
  service.	
  The	
  workshop	
  was	
  
concluded	
  by	
  a	
  lively	
  panel	
  moderated	
  by	
  Ted	
  Slater	
  and	
  which	
  saw	
  Prof.	
  Jonas	
  
Almeida,	
  Prof.	
  Chris	
  Baker,	
  Prof.	
  Ulf	
  Leser	
  and	
  Prof.	
  Chris	
  Bizer	
  as	
  panellists.	
  

The	
  workshop	
  was	
  preceded	
  by	
  two	
  days	
  of	
  tutorials	
  whose	
  topics	
  have	
  been:	
  	
  
Semantic	
  Web	
  meets	
  Cloud	
  Computing,	
  Interoperable	
  Semantic	
  Web	
  Services,	
  
D2RQ,	
  Query	
  Federation	
  with	
  SWObjects.	
  The	
  workshop	
  also	
  hosted	
  the	
  7th	
  
Berlin	
  Semantic	
  Web	
  Meetup,	
  which	
  focused	
  on	
  Semantic	
  Health	
  Care	
  and	
  Life	
  
Sciences.	
  

These	
  proceedings	
  include	
  13	
  full	
  papers,	
  4	
  demo	
  papers	
  and	
  18	
  poster	
  papers.	
  
The	
  presentations	
  and	
  tutorials	
  have	
  been	
  made	
  available	
  on	
  Nature	
  Precedings	
  
(http://precedings.nature.com/collections/SWAT4LS-­‐2010).	
  	
  

We	
  wish	
  to	
  thank	
  the	
  sponsors	
  that	
  made	
  the	
  2010	
  edition	
  of	
  SWAT4LS	
  possible:	
  	
  
Ontotext,	
  Franz	
  Inc.,	
  Ontoprise	
  and	
  O’Reilly.	
  	
  

Furthermore,	
  we	
  would	
  like	
  to	
  thank	
  all	
  reviewers	
  of	
  the	
  papers	
  for	
  their	
  
invaluable	
  contribution.	
  

	
  

January	
  2011	
  

Adrian	
  Paschke,	
  Albert	
  Burger,	
  Paolo	
  Romano,	
  M.	
  Scott	
  Marshall,	
  Andrea	
  
Splendiani	
  	
  (SWAT4LS	
  Co-­‐chairs)	
  	
  

	
  

	
  

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