Collaborative knowledge management in the life sciences network [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Ingo Paulsen

Collaborative Knowledge Managementin the Life Sciences NetworkInaugural – DissertationzurErlangung des Doktorgrades derMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakult¨atder Heinrich-Heine-Universit¨at Du¨sseldorfvorgelegt vonIngo Paulsenaus DuisburgOktober 2007Aus dem Institut fu¨r Informatikder Heinrich-Heine-Universit¨at Du¨sseldorfGedruckt mit der Genehmigung der Mathematisch-NaturwissenschaftlichenFakult¨at der Heinrich-Heine-Universit¨at Du¨sseldorfReferent: Prof. Dr. Arndt von HaeselerKorreferent: Prof. Dr. Stefan ConradTag der mu¨ndlichen Pru¨fung: 14.01.2008AcknowledgmentsIwishtothankmysupervisorArndtvonHaeselerforhisexcellentadvise,collaborations,and his friendly behaviour. Also I want to thank Stefan Conrad for accepting the taskto read this thesis as a second reviewer.Special thanks to Katrin, Indra, Dominic, and Jochen. Furthermore, I would like tothank Tanja, Andrea, Markus, Alex, Simone, Nahal, Thomas L., Nicole, Thomas S.,Lutz, Claudia, Anja, and all other Ontoverse project partners and colleagues of theBioinformatics Department in Du¨sseldorf.I am grateful to my parents, my sister, my niece, my grandparents, and my aunt.Financial support from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research andthe Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is gratefully acknowledged.iPublicationsParts of this thesis have been published in the following articles and conference proceed-ings:1.