Within the last two decades, a vast knowledge gap has emerged between the generated volume of information and discovered novel knowledge in life-science. Accordingly to bridge this crucial gap, biological information has to be integrated and provided not only in a homogenous way, but also in the right context, which represents still a demanding knowledge management task. The objective of this thesis was the development of an integrative approach applicable for the life-science information space that allows a more efficient knowledge discovery. The generated solution follows a new paradigm for subject-centric knowledge representation, which is realized by applying both state-of-the-art technologies for dynamic information request and retrieval and also the semantic technology Topic Maps. The designed approach was implemented within the software framework GeKnowME (Generic Knowledge Modeling Environment), which supports scientists with powerful tools for exploration and navigation through correlated biological entities to accelerate the discovery process in a specific knowledge domain. The framework is generic enough to be applicable for a broad range of use cases. To illustrate the potential of the GeKnowME system, a sample use case called “Human Genetic Diseases” is introduced by integrating distributed resources containing relevant information. The emerged coherent information space is explored for novel insights.
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Within the last two decades, a vast knowledge gap has emerged between the generated volume of information and discovered novel knowledge in life-science. Accordingly to bridge this crucial gap, biological information has to be integrated and provided not only in a homogenous way, but also in the right context, which represents still a demanding knowledge management task. The objective of this thesis was the development of an integrative approach applicable for the life-science information space...
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