| An Evaluation of Multiple Approaches For Database Federation in Life Science (2008) | |||||||||||||||
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| Between technological breakthrough and new computational approaches, the amount of biological data is increasing explosively. Till to 2007, there are 968 biological databases. To provide biologists central and uniform access to all kinds of data stored in biological databases becomes a critical research To minimize disruption of current operation, maintain local autonomy and handle heterogeneities, federation databases has been proposed as an ideal solution. This paper looks into this situation and reports on our experience with trying multiple approaches for biological database integration. It discusses the trade-offs among performance, support for heterogeneity, robustness and scalability. Of significance, is the discovery that the most flexible approach-- Web Services performs very competitively. 1. | |||||||||||||||
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