Enabling semantic queries across federated bioinformatics databases.

Journal: Database : the journal of biological databases and curation
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Abstract

MOTIVATION: Data integration promises to be one of the main catalysts in enabling new insights to be drawn from the wealth of biological data available publicly. However, the heterogeneity of the different data sources, both at the syntactic and the semantic level, still poses significant challenges for achieving interoperability among biological databases.

Authors

  • Ana Claudia Sima
    ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Obere Kirchgasse 2, 8400 Winterthur Switzerland.
  • Tarcisio Mendes de Farias
    Department of Computational Biology, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Erich Zbinden
    ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Obere Kirchgasse 2, 8400 Winterthur Switzerland.
  • Maria Anisimova
    Vital-IT group, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Quartier Sorge, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Quartier Sorge, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, Department of Computer Science, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland, Graz University of Technology, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, 8010 Graz, Austria, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, 4058 Basel, Switzerland, Services and Support for Science IT, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland and Institute of Applied Simulations, School of Life Sciences und Facility Management, Zürich University of Applied Sciences, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland Vital-IT group, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Quartier Sorge, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Quartier Sorge, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, Department of Computer Science, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland, Graz University of Technology, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, 8010 Graz, Austria, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, 4058 Basel, Switzerland, Services and Support for Science IT, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland and Institute of Applied Simulations, School of Life Sciences und Facility Management, Zürich University of Applied Sciences, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland.
  • Manuel Gil
    ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Obere Kirchgasse 2, 8400 Winterthur Switzerland.
  • Heinz Stockinger
    Vital-IT group, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Quartier Sorge, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Quartier Sorge, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, Department of Computer Science, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland, Graz University of Technology, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, 8010 Graz, Austria, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, 4058 Basel, Switzerland, Services and Support for Science IT, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland and Institute of Applied Simulations, School of Life Sciences und Facility Management, Zürich University of Applied Sciences, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland.
  • Kurt Stockinger
    ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Obere Kirchgasse 2, 8400 Winterthur Switzerland.
  • Marc Robinson-Rechavi
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD, USA, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1 Rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Department of Medicine and Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD, USA, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA, School of Information, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33647, USA, Genomics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, 94720 CA USA, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK, Swiss-Prot Group, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Centre Medical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland, ETH Zurich, Department of Computer Science, Universitätstr. 19, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Universitätstr. 6, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland and University College London, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, UK Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD, USA, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1 Rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Department of Medicine and Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD, USA, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA, School of Information, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33647, USA, Genomics Division, Lawrence Berkeley Nat
  • Christophe Dessimoz
    Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Gower St, London, WC1E 6BT, UK. Christophe.Dessimoz@unil.ch.