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Bio2X: A Rule-Based Approach for Semi-automatic Transformation of Semi-structured Biological Data to XML

  • Nanyang Technological University
  • Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

Data integration of geographically dispersed, heterogeneous, complex biological databases is a key research area. One of the key features of a successful data integration system is to have a simple self-describing data exchange format. However, many of the biological databases provide data in flat files which are poor data exchange formats. Fortunately, XML can be viewed as a powerful data model and better data exchange format. In this paper, we present the Bio2X system that transforms flat file data into highly hierarchical XML data using rule-based machine learning technique. Bio2X has been fully implemented using Java. Our experiments to transform real world biological data demonstrate the effectiveness of the Bio2X approach.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)249-271
Number of pages23
JournalData and Knowledge Engineering
Volume52
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2005
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Information Systems and Management

Keywords

  • Flat Files
  • Machine Learning
  • Rule Base
  • Transformer
  • XML

Disciplines

  • Computer Sciences

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