One way to achieve this would be to make the data more machine-readable. The use of Semantic Web approaches, such as the Web Ontology Language and Resource Description Framework (RDF), is a possible method. RDF uses ontologies to describe data, define properties and introduce relations between them (for example the characteristics of an ENM). The standardized vocabulary introduced by ontologies enables the communication between databases, in line with the FAIR principles, and makes the information machine-readable. RDF enriched with ontologies can be used to combine information from different resources and answer complex biological questions.