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We argue the need for a federated information infrastructure that is perceived by users to be functionally integrated, yet maintaining its autonomy. There are various ways to do this, but the crucial issue is the provision of a common semantics and a shared data model. For this purpose we have adapted the Functional Data Model1 and the Daplex language (originally designed for heterogeneous multi-database work) and developed a graphic user interface for it. We show how the model’s ability to compose functions makes it able to combine computed data with stored data. This makes it especially suitable for bioinformatics queries involving derived data and we give examples from antibodies. We also describe a view mechanism for creating derived relationships as functions which adapt objects to a given application program, in order to simplify a shared data model.
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Gray, P.M.D., Kemp, G.J.L. (2004). An Expressive Functional Data Model and Query Language for Bioinformatics Data Integration. In: Gray, P.M.D., Kerschberg, L., King, P.J.H., Poulovassilis, A. (eds) The Functional Approach to Data Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05372-0_7
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