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NCBI2RDF: Enabling Full RDF-Based Access to NCBI Databases
Joint Authors
García-Remesal, Miguel
de la Iglesia, Diana
Anguita, Alberto
Maojo, Victor
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-07-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
RDF has become the standard technology for enabling interoperability among heterogeneous biomedical databases.
The NCBI provides access to a large set of life sciences databases through a common interface called Entrez.
However, the latter does not provide RDF-based access to such databases, and, therefore, they cannot be integrated with other RDF-compliant databases and accessed via SPARQL query interfaces.
This paper presents the NCBI2RDF system, aimed at providing RDF-based access to the complete NCBI data repository.
This API creates a virtual endpoint for servicing SPARQL queries over different NCBI repositories and presenting to users the query results in SPARQL results format, thus enabling this data to be integrated and/or stored with other RDF-compliant repositories.
SPARQL queries are dynamically resolved, decomposed, and forwarded to the NCBI-provided E-utilities programmatic interface to access the NCBI data.
Furthermore, we show how our approach increases the expressiveness of the native NCBI querying system, allowing several databases to be accessed simultaneously.
This feature significantly boosts productivity when working with complex queries and saves time and effort to biomedical researchers.
Our approach has been validated with a large number of SPARQL queries, thus proving its reliability and enhanced capabilities in biomedical environments.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Anguita, Alberto& García-Remesal, Miguel& de la Iglesia, Diana& Maojo, Victor. 2013. NCBI2RDF: Enabling Full RDF-Based Access to NCBI Databases. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1031167
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Anguita, Alberto…[et al.]. NCBI2RDF: Enabling Full RDF-Based Access to NCBI Databases. BioMed Research International No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1031167
American Medical Association (AMA)
Anguita, Alberto& García-Remesal, Miguel& de la Iglesia, Diana& Maojo, Victor. NCBI2RDF: Enabling Full RDF-Based Access to NCBI Databases. BioMed Research International. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1031167
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1031167