Finding Relevant Data on the Internet
- Finding data may be a problem - Web searches too broad
- Specialty Internet meta-databases providing links to
enriched data
help address this problem.
E.g.
- SWISS-PROT of Medline, OMIM, etc. data
- 2DWG of 2D gel images and protein maps
- Distributed databases have lower costs since total cost
is amortized
across institutions making free access more likely
- Distributed databases may be less reliable - risks include:
- Non-uniform
- Conventions
- Robustness
- Commitment
- Data quality may be variable
- Internet access may be slow
or unavailable
- These issues are being addressed by scientific and
Internet community
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