Background: Information resources on the World Wide Web play an indispensable role in modern biology. But integrating data from multiple sources is often encumbered by the need to...
J. Christopher Bare, Paul T. Shannon, Amy K. Schmi...
Background: Bacterial typing schemes based on the sequences of genes encoding surface antigens require databases that provide a uniform, curated, and widely accepted nomenclature ...
The Semantic Web is the next step of the current Web where information will become more machine-understandable to support effective data discovery and integration. Hierarchical sc...
Theodore Dalamagas, Alexandra Meliou, Timos K. Sel...
Background: Multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) is a method of typing that facilitates the discrimination of microbial isolates by comparing the sequences of housekeeping gene frag...
Keith A. Jolley, Man-Suen Chan, Martin C. J. Maide...
Abstract. New emerging applications including genomic, multimedia, and geospatial technologies have necessitated the handling of complex application objects that are highly structu...
Tao Chen, Arif Khan, Markus Schneider, Ganesh Visw...