RIKEN MetaDatabase: A Database Platform for Health Care and Life Sciences as a Microcosm of Linked Open Data Cloud
RIKEN MetaDatabase: A Database Platform for Health Care and Life Sciences as a Microcosm of Linked Open Data Cloud
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DOI：
10.4018/ijswis.2018010106
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发表时间：
2018-01-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Masuya, Hiroshi
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作者：
Kobayashi, Norio;Kume, Satoshi;Masuya, Hiroshi
近年来，网络上发布的生命科学数据集的数量和异质性显著增加。然而，生物医学科学家面临着许多严重的困难，寻找，使用和出版有用的数据库。为了解决这些问题，作者开发了一个基于资源描述框架的数据库平台，称为RIKEN元数据库（metadb.riken.jp），允许生物学家轻松开发，发布和集成多个数据库。该平台管理使用标准化词汇表和本体描述的研究和个人数据的元数据，并具有简单的基于浏览器的图形用户界面来查看数据，包括表格和图形形式。该平台于2015年4月发布，截至2017年1月，已使用该平台发布了113个数据库，包括哺乳动物，植物，生物资源和图像数据库，以及26个本体。本文介绍了通过RIKEN元数据库的开发和操作获得的技术知识，以加速生命科学数据的分布。
Recently, the number and heterogeneity of life science datasets published on the Web have increased significantly. However, biomedical scientists face numerous serious difficulties finding, using and publishing useful databases. To address these issues, the authors developed a Resource Description Framework-based database platform, called the RIKEN MetaDatabase (http://metadb.riken.jp), that allows biologists to develop, publish and integrate multiple databases easily. The platform manages the metadata of both research and individual data described using standardised vocabularies and ontologies, and has a simple browser-based graphical user interface to view data including tabular and graphical forms. The platform was released in April 2015, and 113 databases, including mammalian, plant, bioresource and image databases, with 26 ontologies have been published using this platform as of January 2017. This paper describes the technical knowledge obtained through the development and operation of the RIKEN MetaDatabase to accelerate life science data distribution.