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Managing medical research data with a Web-Interfacing Repository Manager

R M Jakobovits1, J F Brinkley

  • 1Department of Computer Science, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

Proceedings : a Conference of the American Medical Informatics Association. AMIA Fall Symposium
|January 1, 1997
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Summary

The Web-Interfacing Repository Manager (WIRM) is a free, platform-independent Perl toolkit for multimedia data management. It simplifies deploying complex data systems from basic file hierarchies to advanced consoles.

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Area of Science:

  • Computer Science
  • Bioinformatics
  • Data Management

Background:

  • Managing and deploying multimedia data presents significant challenges.
  • Existing solutions may lack flexibility or be platform-dependent.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce the Web-Interfacing Repository Manager (WIRM), a novel Perl toolkit.
  • To demonstrate WIRM's capability in managing and deploying multimedia data using free, platform-independent components.

Main Methods:

  • Developed WIRM using a Perl toolkit built on free, platform-independent components.
  • Implemented an object-relational API layered over a relational database.
  • Integrated file management and CGI programming support.
  • Utilized a repository object data structure (Perl associative array) bound to database tables.

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Main Results:

  • WIRM provides a robust framework for multimedia data management and deployment.
  • The toolkit facilitates the evolution of data systems through five distinct stages.
  • Successful implementation demonstrated via the Brain Mapper Console application.

Conclusions:

  • WIRM offers a versatile and accessible solution for complex data repository management.
  • The toolkit effectively bridges the gap between simple file structures and sophisticated data consoles.
  • WIRM's architecture supports scalable development for data-intensive applications.