[MOBY-l] Request for BioMoby support letters

[Mark Wilkinson]

Hi all Mobyers!

I'm about to submit a grant proposal to Genome Canada with the plan to  
build 'Moby-2'.  This is similar to Moby, but much more tightly integrated  
with semantic web technologies and especially with query tools like SPARQL  
and with DL reasoners.

Effectively, the idea is that we can execute BioMoby-like services (that  
consume/generate RDF) inline with SPARQL queries and/or as part of OWL  
reasoning; the query is resolved after the required services are  
discovered and executed.  This allows you to pose queries over data that  
does not exist at the time you constructed the query - the data  
"automagically" becomes available as a result of the question you asked.   
One could also think of it as query-based workflow construction, or  
model-is-workflow in the case of OWL.

I just got the preliminary reviews back and they were wonderfully  
positive!  (thanks to anyone out there who was a reviewer!)

The primary concern from the reviewers was that I cannot prove that there  
will be "uptake" of this technology by any end-users.  So that brings me  
to the point of this message.

I'm wondering if any of you would be willing to provide letters of support  
for this grant proposal.  In particular, the letter should say something  
to the effect that you are a user of BioMoby, and are looking forward to  
using this next-generation of Moby technology.  The letter should also  
state who you are, what organization you represent, and what you use Moby  
for.

I'm sorry for the late notice, but I need supporting letters before the  
end of the day on Tuesday the 14th!  Email is fine, but a signed fax or  
PDF is better :-)  The more letters I get, the more convincing my  
arguments will be!

Contact details are below.

Thanks to everyone for your support!

Mark

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Mark Wilkinson
Assistant Professor, Dept. Medical Genetics
University of British Columbia
PI Bioinformatics
iCAPTURE Centre, St. Paul's Hospital
Tel:  +1 604 682 2344 x62129
Fax:  + 1604 806 9274

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