We consider the retrieval of XML-structured documents, and of passages from such documents, defined as elements of the XML structure. These are considered from the point of view of...
Background: Bacterial typing schemes based on the sequences of genes encoding surface antigens require databases that provide a uniform, curated, and widely accepted nomenclature ...
Cache groups are a powerful concept for database caching, which is used to relieve the backend database load and to keep referenced data close to the application programs at the &q...
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...
In order to provide a portable and accurate typing system for the unambiguous characterization of pathogenic Escherichia coli isolates to the scientific community, we have constru...
Weihong Qi, David W. Lacher, Alyssa C. Bumbaugh, K...