Sugawara H, Miyazaki S
Center for Information Biology and DNA Data Bank of Japan, National Institute of Genetics, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2003 Jul 1;31(13):3836-9. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkg558.
A number of biological data resources (i.e. databases and data analytical tools) are searchable and usable on-line thanks to the internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) servers. The output from the web server is easy for us to browse. However, it is laborious and sometimes impossible for us to write a computer program that finds a useful data resource, sends a proper query and processes the output. It is a serious obstacle to the integration of distributed heterogeneous data resources. To solve the issue, we have implemented a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) server and web services that provide a program-friendly interface. The web services are accessible at http://www.xml.nig.ac.jp/.
由于互联网和万维网(WWW)服务器,许多生物数据资源(即数据库和数据分析工具)都可以在线搜索和使用。网络服务器的输出便于我们浏览。然而,编写一个能找到有用数据资源、发送适当查询并处理输出的计算机程序既费力又有时是不可能的。这是分布式异构数据资源整合的一个严重障碍。为了解决这个问题,我们实现了一个SOAP(简单对象访问协议)服务器和提供程序友好接口的网络服务。这些网络服务可通过http://www.xml.nig.ac.jp/访问。