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Keywords: Database principles for bioinformatics | |||||||
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Objectives:
To describe construction principles for database systems; To introduce some general aspects of database use in bioinformatics; To explore the current NAR database and Web service issues. |
Outcomes:
You understand the need for the four ACID requirements to ensure “transactional” integrity of databases; You are familar with a spectrum of database and Web service offerings in bioinformatics. |
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Deliverables: Time management: Before you begin, estimate how long it will take you to complete this unit. Then, record in your course journal: the number of hours you estimated, the number of hours you worked on the unit, and the amount of time that passed between start and completion of this unit. Journal: Document your progress in your Course Journal. Some tasks may ask you to include specific items in your journal. Don’t overlook these. Insights: If you find something particularly noteworthy about this unit, make a note in your insights! page. |
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Evaluation: NA: This unit is not evaluated for course marks. |
Large, scalable, multi-user database systems require a fair amount of technology underneath the hood. In particular, they need to fulfill the ACID requirements that ensure database integrity. This unit introduces the principles, and then moves onto an overview of current bioinformatics databases, and Web services.
In this unit we develop the technical context of bioinformatics databases and get a perspective on the multitude of data offerings in the field. Data and service offerings have no clearly defined boundaries, and many sites offer a mix of both. Thus we explore current Web services as well, to define the landscape.
Task…
Rigden, Daniel
J and Xosé M Fernández. (2021). “The 2021 Nucleic Acids Research
database issue and the online molecular biology database collection”.
Nucleic Acids Research 49(D1):D1–D9 .
[PMID: 33396976]
[DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1216]
No Authors
Listed. (2021). “Editorial: the 19th annual Nucleic Acids
Research web server issue 2021”. Nucleic Acids Research
49(W1):W1–W4 .
[PMID: 34212204]
[DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab525]
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