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World Wide Web resources for the biologist

R Harper1

  • 1EMBL Outstation, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.

Trends in Genetics : TIG
|June 1, 1995
PubMed
Summary

The World Wide Web is now the primary online resource for biologists, surpassing older tools. Advancements in client-server software are expected to drive future bioinformatics development.

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Area of Science:

  • Bioinformatics and computational biology
  • Internet technologies in scientific research

Background:

  • The World Wide Web has become the dominant networking resource for biologists.
  • It has superseded Gopher and electronic mail (email) servers in popularity.
  • Biologists have increasingly utilized the Internet for data distribution over recent years.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the growing importance of the World Wide Web in biology.
  • To identify key technological drivers in the future of bioinformatics.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of current trends in biological data networking.
  • Observation of the increasing sophistication of Internet-based data distribution methods.

Main Results:

  • The World Wide Web is the leading networking resource for biologists.
  • Client-server software is predicted to be a major force in bioinformatics during the 1990s.
  • Network link speeds and data distribution methods have become increasingly sophisticated.

Conclusions:

  • The Internet, particularly the World Wide Web, is integral to modern biological research.
  • Future bioinformatics advancements will likely be driven by evolving client-server technologies and network capabilities.

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