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