Victor M. Markowitz
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Otto Ritter
Department of Molecular Biophysics
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Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
phone: (+1-510) 486-6835, fax: (+1-510) 486-4004
Email: VMMarkowitz@lbl.gov
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)
D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Email: o.ritter@dkfz-heidelberg.de
characterization criteria,
heterogeneous database systems,
molecular biology databasesAbstract:
Molecular biology data are distributed among multiple databases.
Although containing related data, these databases are often isolated
and are characterized by various degrees of heterogeneity: they usually
represent different views (schemas) of the scientific domain and are
implemented using different data management systems.
Currently, several systems support managing data in heterogeneous
molecular biology databases. Lack of clear criteria for
characterizing such systems precludes comprehensive evaluations
of these systems or determining their relationships in terms of
shared goals and facilities.
In this paper, we propose criteria that would facilitate
characterizing, evaluating, and comparing
heterogeneous molecular biology database systems.
Victor M. Markowitz
Tue Nov 14 17:16:09 PST 1995