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A Web Tool for Generating High Quality Machine-readable Biological Pathways
Published on: February 8, 2017
Mapping XML documents into databases: a Data-Driven Framework for bioinformatic data interchange
1Laboratory for Healthcare Informatics, Department of Information Systems, University of Maryland, UMBC, USA.
Abstract:
The Data-Driven Framework (DDF) described here addresses two major problems for healthcare Electronic Data Interchange, data formats and software development costs. The use of a standard XML Document Type Definition (DTD) allows robust representation in any application area and leverages industry-standard tools and development directions. The DDF allows reduced software development and maintenance costs since all data-entry and database tools are generated from the DTD. The DTD can change and the tools can be regenerated. The case-study below uses the DDF for reporting cell assays to determine the roles of factors influencing cellular gene expression and regulation.

