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What is Semantic Annotations

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Handbook of Research on Computational Grid Technologies for Life Sciences, Biomedicine, and Healthcare
Semantic annotations are specifications that define the meaning and the form of an object. They are often encoded in the form of relationships that links the object subject to description to concepts from ontologies.
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Data Provenance in Scientific Workflows
Khalid Belhajjame (University of Manchester, UK), Paolo Missier (University of Manchester, UK), and Carole Goble (University of Manchester, UK)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 14
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-374-6.ch003
Abstract
Data provenance is key to understanding and interpreting the results of scientific experiments. This chapter introduces and characterises data provenance in scientific workflows using illustrative examples taken from real-world workflows. The characterisation takes the form of a taxonomy that is used for comparing and analysing provenance capabilities supplied by existing scientific workflow systems.
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