title: Component architecture in drug discovery informatics.
abstract: This paper reviews the characteristics of a new model of computing that has been spurred on by the Internet, known as Netcentric computing. Developments in this model led to distributed component architectures, which, although not new ideas, are now realizable with modern tools such as Enterprise Java. The application of this approach to scientific computing, particularly in pharmaceutical discovery research, is discussed and highlighted by a particular case involving the management of biological assay data.
authors.affiliation: Wyeth Research Information Services, Discovery Research Applications, CN 8000, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. smithp@wyeth.com
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000639:trends; D012984:Software / Q000639:trends; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends