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uBioRSS: tracking taxonomic literature using RSS
Patrick R Leary1, David P Remsen, Catherine N Norton
1MBL Informatics, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
|March 30, 2007
Summary
The uBioRSS application enhances biological content discovery by aggregating syndicated feeds and using taxonomic Named Entity Recognition to index scientific names. This provides biologists with improved access to current research and publications.
Area of Science:
- Biological Sciences
- Bioinformatics
- Computational Biology
Background:
- Web content syndication (RSS, ATOM) facilitates content dissemination.
- Standardized formats allow users to aggregate content from multiple sources.
- Access to uBioRSS is available at http://names.ubio.org/rss/.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce uBioRSS, a specialized service for the biological sciences.
- To enhance access to syndicated scientific content through taxonomic intelligence.
- To improve the efficiency of information retrieval for biologists.
Main Methods:
- uBioRSS aggregates syndicated content from academic publishers and science news feeds.
- A taxonomic Named Entity Recognition algorithm identifies and indexes taxonomic names.
- The name index is cross-referenced with global taxonomic datasets for contextual browsing.
Main Results:
- Identified and indexed taxonomic names within aggregated biological content streams.
- Created a browsable index of publications organized by taxonomic group.
- Provided contextual information for identified taxonomic names.
Conclusions:
- Taxonomic indexing, powered by 'taxonomic intelligence', accelerates access to biological content.
- uBioRSS offers value-added enhancements for biologists seeking current information.
- The service improves the discovery and accessibility of scientific publications.
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