For the reproducibility and sustainability of scientific research, FAIRness (Findable,
Accessible, Interoperable and Re-usable), with respect to the release of raw data obtained …

The application of semantic technologies to the integration of biological data and the
interoperability of bioinformatics analysis and visualization tools has been the common …

Abstract The Protein Data Bank Japan (PDBj, http://pdbj. org) is a member of the worldwide
Protein Data Bank (wwPDB) and accepts and processes the deposited data of …

Community code engagements--short-term, intensive software development events--are
used by some scientific communities to create new software features and promote …

In recent years, there has been an explosion in the popularity of hackathons—creative,
participant-driven meetings at which software developers gather for an intensive bout of …

Background Computational biology comprises a wide range of technologies and
approaches. Multiple technologies can be combined to create more powerful workflows if …

In the life sciences, researchers increasingly want to access multiple databases in an
integrated way. However, different databases currently use different formats and …

Background Nucleotide and protein sequence feature annotations are essential to
understand biology on the genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic level. Using Semantic …

Background: Recent years have seen a surge in projects that produce large volumes of
structured, machine-readable biodiversity data. To make these data amenable to processing …

We report on the activities of the 2015 edition of the BioHackathon, an annual event that
brings together researchers and developers from around the world to develop tools and …