Basic properties for biological databases: Character development and support

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 109-127

  Diederich, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic property; Biological characters; Biological databases; Data modeling; Schema design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS; BIOLOGICAL DATABASES; DATA MODELING;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031147717     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7177(97)00078-2     Document Type: Article

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