title: The CODATA/IUIS Hybridoma Data Bank: development of a hybrid system to handle complex data relationships.
abstract: System design for the Hybridoma Data Bank, a database of comprehensive information on immunoreagents for use by scientists in diverse disciplines, is described. Unique problems include: use of nomenclature from diverse fields that is neither static nor standard; the need for two representations of the database--textual for readability and numeric for complex search capabilities, analysis and data compression; and a method of translating between the two representations of the database.
authors.affiliation: Microbial Systematics Section, National Institute of Dental Research, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Walczak
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Blaine
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Krichevsky
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015415:Biomarkers; D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000145:classification*; D007256:Information Systems / Q000379:methods*; D007391:International Cooperation; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D008838:Microcomputers; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015415:Biomarkers