Title :
EDIT: Easy-to-use Bio-Data Extraction, Integration and Refreshing Tools
Author :
Ni, Tianyun ; Su, Stanley ; Zhou, Lei
Author_Institution :
Shands Cancer Center, Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL
Abstract :
Systems biology research demands the ability to construct custom-designed bio-entities from heterogeneous data sources. EDIT is an ongoing project aimed at building a system to allow bio-researchers with minimum computer proficiency to define the structure of a desired bio-entity, and identify the data sources for its data fields. Then, the system automatically extracts and output the data in the predefined structure and format. The system consists of a host site, which maintains and updates the configuration files specified for source databases, and user sites, which perform data extraction and integration by using the configuration files. An event-trigger-rule server is used to support data refreshing and to notify biologists about changes made to source databases
Keywords :
biology computing; data structures; database management systems; bio-data integration; bio-data refreshing tool; data structure; easy-to-use bio-data extraction; event-trigger-rule server; heterogeneous data source; Cancer; Data engineering; Data mining; Database systems; Distributed computing; Educational institutions; Engineering in medicine and biology; Genetics; Proteins; Research and development;
Conference_Titel :
Computer and Computational Sciences, 2006. IMSCCS '06. First International Multi-Symposiums on
Conference_Location :
Hanzhou, Zhejiang
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2581-4
DOI :
10.1109/IMSCCS.2006.56
