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Building a semantic web image repository for biological research images. / Zhao, Jun; Klyne, Graham; Shotton, David.
The semantic web: research and applications: 5th European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2008, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, June 1-5, 2008 Proceedings. ed. / Sean Bechhofer; Manfred Hauswirth; Jörg Hoffmann; Manolis Koubarakis. Berlin: Springer, 2008. p. 154-169 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 5021).

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Zhao, J, Klyne, G & Shotton, D 2008, Building a semantic web image repository for biological research images. in S Bechhofer, M Hauswirth, J Hoffmann & M Koubarakis (eds), The semantic web: research and applications: 5th European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2008, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, June 1-5, 2008 Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 5021, Springer, Berlin, pp. 154-169. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68234-9_14

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Zhao, J., Klyne, G., & Shotton, D. (2008). Building a semantic web image repository for biological research images. In S. Bechhofer, M. Hauswirth, J. Hoffmann, & M. Koubarakis (Eds.), The semantic web: research and applications: 5th European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2008, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, June 1-5, 2008 Proceedings (pp. 154-169). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 5021). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68234-9_14

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Zhao J, Klyne G, Shotton D. Building a semantic web image repository for biological research images. In Bechhofer S, Hauswirth M, Hoffmann J, Koubarakis M, editors, The semantic web: research and applications: 5th European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2008, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, June 1-5, 2008 Proceedings. Berlin: Springer. 2008. p. 154-169. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-68234-9_14

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Zhao, Jun ; Klyne, Graham ; Shotton, David. / Building a semantic web image repository for biological research images. The semantic web: research and applications: 5th European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2008, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, June 1-5, 2008 Proceedings. editor / Sean Bechhofer ; Manfred Hauswirth ; Jörg Hoffmann ; Manolis Koubarakis. Berlin : Springer, 2008. pp. 154-169 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

Bibtex

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