Title :
SIBIOS: a system for the integration of bioinformatics services
Author :
Miled, Z.B. ; Gao, Ning ; Bukhres, Omran ; Lu, Lingma ; Li, Nianhua ; He, Yue ; Mahoui, Malika ; Chen, Jessica
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Abstract :
Modern biological and chemical studies rely on life science databases as well as sophisticated software tools (e.g., homology search tools, modeling and visualization tools). These tools often have to be combined and integrated in order to support a given study. SIBIOS (system for the integration of bioinformatics services) serves this purpose. The services are both life science database search services and software tools. The task engine is the core component of SIBIOS. It supports the execution of dynamic workflows that incorporate multiple bioinformatics services. The architecture of SIBIOS, the approaches used to address the heterogeneity as well as interoperability of bioinformatics services, including data integration are presented in this paper.
Keywords :
Internet; data mining; integrated software; medical information systems; middleware; query processing; workflow management software; Web-based applications; bioinformatics service integration system; database search tools; dynamic workflow; life science databases; Bioinformatics; DNA; Data mining; Helium; OWL; Peptides; Proteins; Sequences; Software tools; Visual databases;
Conference_Titel :
Challenges of Large Applications in Distributed Environments, 2004. CLADE 2004. Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2115-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLADE.2004.1309094
