title: Challenges in data management for functional genomics.
abstract: Biological databases face challenges in four main areas: (1). integration, interoperation and federation; (2). ontologies and definitions of semantics; (3). community annotation; and (4). integration of data analysis tools with databases. Each of these areas provides interesting targets for research and development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0537, USA. gribskov@sdsc.edu
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gribskov
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology; D003628:Database Management Systems; D023281:Genomics; D018511:Systems Integration