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Protein Information Resource (PIR)
Goal: An Integrated Public Resource of Protein Informatics to Support Genomic/Proteomic Research & Scientific Discovery
Components
lDatabase: Data Organization & Information
Retrieval
lSoftware: Data Analysis & Sequence
Annotation
Challenges
lVoluminous,
Complex, Dynamic Data from Heterogeneous Sources
Integrated, Classification Approach
lDatabases: PIR-PSD, PIR-NREF, iProClass
lIntegrated
Analysis System: Knowledge Base
System
lDatabase
Interoperability: Ontology, XML,
Relational Schema, iProClass Framework