Key Features Provides a clear overview of the state-of-the-art in data
integration and interoperability in genomics, highlighting a variety of systems
and giving insight into the strengths and weaknesses of their different
approaches.
Discusses shared vocabulary, design issues, complexity of use cases, and the
difficulties of transferring existing data management approaches to
bioinformatics systems, which serves to connect computer and life scientists.
Written by the primary contributors of eight reputable bioinformatics systems in
academia and industry including: BioKris, TAMBIS, K2, GeneExpress, P/FDM, MBM,
SDSC, SRS, and DiscoveryLink.
Description Life science data integration and interoperability is one of the
most challenging problems facing bioinformatics today. In the current age