4.8 - Report on Web Services based integration of BioMedBridges integration across all appropriate services

European e-Infrastructure projects are increasingly turning to Semantic Web (SemWeb) technologies to address data integration challenges. This approach is proving to be a solution to some of the emerging challenges in the life sciences. The BioMedBridges semantic web pilot spans deliverables 4.4, 4.6, 4.7, and 4.8; its goal was to test the suitability of a semantic web approach to the task of integrating research data and to report on our experience of running an RDF-based platform integrating multiple data resources. All of the SemWeb pilot work was informed by the work of WP3, with respect to the choice and use of ontologies as well as provision and re-use of identifiers, reflecting the application of standards derived from the use case work packages (e.g. WP7 and WP10). In order to leverage experience where it exists and minimise the risks inherent in novel technology projects, a three-stage delivery was chosen. This deliverable D4.8 reports on the strategy, implementation and lessons learned for the semantic web pilots for BioMedBridges. EU projects often cope with similar problems and have developed similar solutions. Especially in the area of semantic interoperability and legally compliant data sharing, BioMedBridges has developed generic solutions that may be of help for other projects.