SofiaServer

Intelligence Networks are a powerful knowledge format which can be reused in multiple applications over time. Multiple returns on investment in Intelligence Networks are enabled through the sofiaServer API's which provides programmatic access to information in the Intelligence Network.

SofiaServer has two fully documented APIs:

• Web Services - a full Web Services API based around a published WSDL specification. The Web Services API is used by thick and thin client applications (including sofiaBrowser). This allows for easy, platform-independent integration with a range of existing applications.

• Perl - sofiaServer provides access to the underlying network using a standard Perl SOAP::Lite module. This allows retrieval of data from the Intelligence Network in a variety of ways including hierarchical and graph navigation, concept searching as well as synonym, property and evidence retrieval

BioWisdom has used the sofiaServer APIs to build its own applications and to integrate Intelligence Networks with a wide range of third-party applications, including customer's proprietary systems. This has allowed the information contained in a single Intelligence Network to be reused in multiple different business areas.