WHODrug as linked data

WHODrug as Linked DataMagnus Wallberg

magnus.wallberg@who-umc.org@cmwallberg

WHODrug statistics

• 2 649 082 different medicinal products, trade names with for example form and strength information added

• 369 789 unique names• 14 625 different ingredients mentioned

in these products• Entries from 141 countries• Data lock point; 2016-09-26

Delivery format - up to now

What would WHODrug as linked data be like?

http://api.who-umc.org/whodrug/ medicinalproduct?name=Caltab

CaltabCalcium Carbonatehttp://data.who-umc.org/whodrug/resource/87552

CaltabCalcium, Colecalciferolhttp://data.who-umc.org/whodrug/resource/127231

SPARQL Query

SPARQL Describe

Whats next?

Continue with text filesRESTful APIJSON-LDRDF – xml, turtle, json…Linked Data FragmentsSPARQL endpoint

Magnus Wallbergmagnus.wallberg@who-umc.org

@cmwallberg

How should we bring this further to achieve maximum benefit in a

manageable step wise way?!