An ontology for semantic integration of life science web databases

International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 275-294

  Miled, Zina Ben ^a   Webster, Yue W ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Li, Nianhua ^b  

^a Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

^b Biology SL332   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology; Integration; Interoperability; Ontology; Query translation; Web databases

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; SEMANTICS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

WEB DATABASES;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037410033     PISSN: 02188430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218843003000747     Document Type: Article

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