title: Mapplet: a CORBA-based genome map viewer.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There are a large number of genetic and physical maps, distributed at many sites. Each site offers different kinds of access methods and viewers. CORBA, the de facto standard for distributed object-oriented computing, offers new opportunities to unify the view on these maps through standard interfaces. A collaboration of Infobiogen and the EBI proposes a common IDL for maps.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A CORBA map viewer is presented which serves as a proof of concept for the proposed IDL. It demonstrates its usefulness in the context of map viewing and its ability to handle large maps with <1000 markers. The viewer gives access to the maps of the Radiation Hybrid Database at EBI. It gives a quick overview of several large maps side by side. The marker density at each map position is displayed and different marker types can be highlighted.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Demonstration and source code at: http://sunny.ebi.ac.uk/ approximately jungfer/Mapplet
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  jungfer@ebi.ac.uk
authors.affiliation: EMBL Outstation-Hinxton, The European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jungfer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Tomé
mesh_terms: D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D016678:Genome; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D012984:Software / Q000592:standards