Graphical user interface to multiple biological databases

Author

N, Parimala

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci., Jawaharla Nehru Univ., New Delhi, India

fYear

2003

fDate

1-5 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

50

Lastpage

54

Abstract

Accessing multiple biological databases involves either explicit navigation through multiple databases or expressing a query in the query language of the designer which is a formidable task. In this paper we propose a graphical user interface to multiple biological databases. The query which consists of the data to be retrieved and the condition, if any, to be satisfied is expressed in an intuitive way. The link information that exists in the databases is used automatically by the system and the relevant data retrieved. The retrieved data can be viewed in more than one format. There is also a provision for refining the query.

Keywords

biology computing; distributed databases; graphical user interfaces; query languages; query processing; scientific information systems; data access; data retrieval; explicit navigation; graphical user interface; link information; multiple biological databases; query interface; query language; Biology computing; Crystallography; Database languages; Graphical user interfaces; Information retrieval; Navigation; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Object oriented databases; Sequences; Spatial databases;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Database and Expert Systems Applications, 2003. Proceedings. 14th International Workshop on

ISSN

1529-4188

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1993-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEXA.2003.1231997

Filename

1231997