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An Integrated Services Approach to Biological Sequence Databases
Heumann, K. Harris, C. Kaps, A. Liebl, S. Maierl, A. Pfeiffer, F. Mewes, H. W.
Heumann, K.
Harris, C.
Kaps, A.
Liebl, S.
Maierl, A.
Pfeiffer, F.
Mewes, H. W.
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1995
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2024-05-29
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Database users in molecular biology are faced with steadily increasing amounts of raw data,
multiple database providers and services. Here we describe the integration of a set of previously
isolated database services and demonstrate their accessibility through a uniform userinterface. A
multi-layered software architecture is applied to make different degrees of service integration
transparent to the user. We focus on the design of specialized gateways that integrate services
differing in temporal behavior and stateless or state dependent operation. Gateways may reside
on heterogeneousplatforms. A link layeris introducedto integrate individual query functions in
order to interrelate simple, complex and state dependent services through a common, unique
interface. It is possible to generate new complex services by a combination of multiple functions.
Wedescribe the application of the World Wide Web (WWW)as the implementation framework
of the interface layer. To assure interoperability of services, integrity of data resources must be
supervised. Consistency control is issued by a dedicated synchronization layer.
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Bioinformatics - from nucleic acids and proteins to cell metabolism, 3 - 16
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en
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GBF monographs ; Volume 18
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0930-4320
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3527300724
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