title: A rule driven bi-directional translation system for remapping queries and result sets between a mediated schema and heterogeneous data sources.
abstract: As the number of online biomedical data sources increases, so too do the number of ways to access such data. The research described herein focuses on creating a data access system that provides bi-directional translation and mapping of data between heterogeneous databases and a mediated schema. Semantic mapping rules stored in a knowledge base are used by our generalized software to convert XML query results obtained from each data source to a common schema representing a single ontology. We apply this approach to the domain of online genetic databases, demonstrating the system's scalability and integratability.
authors.affiliation: Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shaker
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mork
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barclay
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tarczy-Hornoch
mesh_terms: D019992:Databases as Topic; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D009862:Online Systems; D011381:Programming Languages; D012984:Software