BioQuery: an object framework for building queries to biomedical databases.
CONCLUSIONS
BioQuery is an application that helps scientists automate database searches. Users can build and store queries to public biomedical databases, and receive periodic updates on the results of those queries when new data is available. The application is implemented on a portable object framework that can provide database-searching capability to other applications. This framework is easily extensible, allowing users to develop plug-ins that provide access to new databases. BioQuery thus provides end-users with a complete database searching interface and updating service, and gives developers a toolkit to provide database-searching capability to their applications.


BACKGROUND
Free to all users: http://www.bioquery.org.
Division of Medical Informatics and Outcomes Research, BICC Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland 97239, USA.
James M
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Brundege
Christopher
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Dubay
D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods; D003628:Database Management Systems; D016208:Databases, Factual; D019146:Hypermedia; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D009317:National Library of Medicine (U.S.); D012984:Software; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface