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IOS Press, Information Services & Use, 1-2(30), p. 51-56, 2010

DOI: 10.3233/isu-2010-0613

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The anatomy of a nanopublication

Journal article published in 2010 by Paul Groth ORCID, Andrew Gibson, Jan Velterop
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

As the amount of scholarly communication increases, it is increasingly difficult for specific core scientific statements to be found, connected and curated. Additionally, the redundancy of these statements in multiple fora makes it difficult to determine attribution, quality, and provenance. To tackle these challenges, the Concept Web Alliance has promoted the notion of nanopublications (core scientific statements with associated context). In this document, we present a model of nanopublications along with a Named Graph/RDF serialization of the model. Importantly, the serialization is defined completely using already existing community developed technologies. Finally, we discuss the importance of aggregating nano- publications and the role that the Concept Wiki plays in facilitating it.