Reproducible computational research (RCR) is the keystone of the scientific method for in
silico analyses, packaging the transformation of raw data to published results. In addition to …

Despite improved digital access to scholarly knowledge in recent decades, scholarly
communication remains exclusively document-based. In this form, scholarly knowledge is …

This article surveys existing vocabularies, ontologies and policy languages that can be used
to represent informational items referenced in GDPR rights and obligations, such as the …

The document-centric workflows in science have reached (or already exceeded) the limits of
adequacy. This is emphasized by recent discussions on the increasing proliferation of …

In this paper we introduce SAMOD, aka Simplified Agile Methodology for Ontology
Development, a novel agile methodology for the development of ontologies by means of …

Ontology-driven systems with reasoning capabilities in the legal field are now better
understood. Legal concepts are not discrete, but make up a dynamic continuum between …

An estimated quarter of a trillion US dollars is invested in the biomedical research enterprise
annually. There is growing alarm that a significant portion of this investment is wasted …

Background The biodiversity domain, and in particular biological taxonomy, is moving in the
direction of semantization of its research outputs. The present work introduces OpenBiodiv …

Reference lists from academic articles are core elements of scholarly communication that
permit the attribution of credit and integrate our independent research endeavours. Hitherto …

Hundreds of years of biodiversity research have resulted in the accumulation of a substantial
pool of communal knowledge; however, most of it is stored in silos isolated from each other …