%0 Conference Paper %1 baker98 %A Baker, P. G. %A Brass, A. %A Bechhofer, S. %A Goble, C. %A Paton, N. %A Stevens, R. %B Int Conf Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology %C Montreal, Canada %D 1998 %J Proc Int Conf Intell Syst Mol Biol %K logic bioinformatics semantic %P 25--34 %T TAMBIS--Transparent Access to Multiple Bioinformatics Information Sources %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=9783206 %V 6 %X The TAMBIS project aims to provide transparent access to disparate biological databases and analysis tools, enabling users to utilize a wide range of resources with the minimum of effort. A prototype system has been developed that includes a knowledge base of biological terminology (the biological Concept Model), a model of the underlying data sources (the Source Model) and a 'knowledge-driven' user interface. Biological concepts are captured in the knowledge base using a description logic called GRAIL. The Concept Model provides the user with the concepts necessary to construct a wide range of multiple-source queries, and the user interface provides a flexible means of constructing and manipulating those queries. The Source Model provides a description of the underlying sources and mappings between terms used in the sources and terms in the biological Concept Model. The Concept Model and Source Model provide a level of indirection that shields the user from source details, providing a high level of source transparency. Source independent, declarative queries formed from terms in the Concept Model are transformed into a set of source dependent, executable procedures. Query formulation, translation and execution is demonstrated using a working example.

@inproceedings{baker98, abstract = {The TAMBIS project aims to provide transparent access to disparate biological databases and analysis tools, enabling users to utilize a wide range of resources with the minimum of effort. A prototype system has been developed that includes a knowledge base of biological terminology (the biological Concept Model), a model of the underlying data sources (the Source Model) and a 'knowledge-driven' user interface. Biological concepts are captured in the knowledge base using a description logic called GRAIL. The Concept Model provides the user with the concepts necessary to construct a wide range of multiple-source queries, and the user interface provides a flexible means of constructing and manipulating those queries. The Source Model provides a description of the underlying sources and mappings between terms used in the sources and terms in the biological Concept Model. The Concept Model and Source Model provide a level of indirection that shields the user from source details, providing a high level of source transparency. Source independent, declarative queries formed from terms in the Concept Model are transformed into a set of source dependent, executable procedures. Query formulation, translation and execution is demonstrated using a working example.}, added-at = {2006-09-18T06:26:07.000+0200}, address = {Montreal, Canada}, author = {Baker, P. G. and Brass, A. and Bechhofer, S. and Goble, C. and Paton, N. and Stevens, R.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2e96fbb3b4adebd433d3a0dd04d074a4f/neilernst}, booktitle = {Int Conf Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology}, citeulike-article-id = {671445}, description = {Not previously uploaded}, interhash = {5ddb5d1a73ba449047e8f081140b3493}, intrahash = {e96fbb3b4adebd433d3a0dd04d074a4f}, issn = {1553-0833}, journal = {Proc Int Conf Intell Syst Mol Biol}, keywords = {logic bioinformatics semantic}, month = {June}, pages = {25--34}, priority = {0}, timestamp = {2006-09-18T06:26:07.000+0200}, title = {TAMBIS--Transparent Access to Multiple Bioinformatics Information Sources}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve\&db=pubmed\&dopt=Abstract\&list_uids=9783206}, volume = 6, year = 1998 }