Virgil: a database of rich links between GDB and GenBank.
Database interconnection requires the development of links between related objects from different databases. We built a database of links, called Virgil, to manage and distribute rich (documented) links between GDB genes and GenBank human sequences. Virgil contains 18 667 unique links. In addition to a simple Web form for ad-hoc queries, we propose a generic Web interface and a prototype CORBA server for link distribution. Materials described in this paper are available from http://www.infobiogen.fr/services/virgil/home. html
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GIS Infobiogen, 7 rue Guy Môquet, BP 8, 94801 Villejuif Cedex, France. frederic.achard@infobiogen.fr
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D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D016208:Databases, Factual; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans