Title :
PhyQL: A Web-Based Phylogenetic Visual Query Engine
Author :
Hossain, Shahriyar ; Islam, Munirul ; Jesmin ; Jamil, Hasan M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI
Abstract :
Biologists are often interested to query published phylogenetic data for research purposes. PhyQL, a Web-based visual phylogenetic query engine, can be quite useful on this regard. In PhyQL, we have implemented a data model and a visual query language to interact with hierarchically classified tree elements. To hide textual query submission, PhyQL provides a design interface to build the query visually. The users can build simple to complex queries using the query operators. PhyQL separates the application layer from the data layer by a logic layer leading to reduced query tools development time. Moreover,PhyQL provides interactive tree views in radial, phylogram and dendrogram layout. It can be accessed online at http://integra.cs.wayne.edu/softwares/phyql/.
Keywords :
Internet; bioinformatics; genomics; pattern classification; query languages; query processing; search engines; tree searching; visual languages; PhyQL; Web-based phylogenetic visual query engine; data layer; data model; dendrogram layout; hierarchical classification; interactive tree; logic layer; phylogram layout; query operators; textual query submission; Bioinformatics; Biomedical informatics; Database languages; Engines; Genomics; Laboratories; Phylogeny; Spatial databases; Tree graphs; Visual databases; Biological Data Mining; Phylogenetic Databases; Visual Query Interface;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, 2008. BIBM '08. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3452-7
DOI :
10.1109/BIBM.2008.63
