DocumentCode
1069812
Title
Mobile access to biological databases on the Internet
Author
Riikonen, Pentti ; Boberg, Jorma ; Salakoski, Tapio ; Vihinen, Mauno
Author_Institution
Inst. of Med. Technol., Tampere Univ., Finland
Volume
49
Issue
12
fYear
2002
Firstpage
1477
Lastpage
1479
Abstract
We have developed a new way of accessing biological databases and bioinformatics applications on the Internet. This new service, bioinformatics wireless application protocol (BioWAP) service, which is accessible by mobile devices makes it possible to access bioinformatics services, where normal PC or personal digital assistant (PDA) connections are not feasible. The BioWAP service includes major biological databases and applications demonstrating a simple method of implementing WAP interfaces to uncompliant applications, i.e. the applications that are not WAP or Internet based. The BioWAP service can be browsed with any WAP terminal.
Keywords
Internet telephony; biology computing; biomedical communication; mobile radio; notebook computers; BioWAP service; Internet databases; WAP terminal; bioinformatics services; major biological databases; mobile access to biological databases; uncompliant applications; Biochemistry; Bioinformatics; Databases; Information analysis; Markup languages; Personal digital assistants; Proteins; Sequences; Web and internet services; Wireless application protocol; Computational Biology; Computer Communication Networks; Database Management Systems; Finland; Hypermedia; Information Storage and Retrieval; Internet; Telecommunications;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9294
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TBME.2002.805459
Filename
1159141
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