In the 2017 first issue of this Journal - Genomes, Proteomes and Bioinformatics - a special database article entitled ＂GSA： Gen- ome Sequence Archive＂ is published. This article provides a brief introduction to th...In the 2017 first issue of this Journal - Genomes, Proteomes and Bioinformatics - a special database article entitled ＂GSA： Gen- ome Sequence Archive＂ is published. This article provides a brief introduction to the platform developed by the authors from the BIG Data Center （BIGD） of Beijing Institute of Genomics （BIG）, Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS）. The aim of the GSA project is to collect, integrate, and archive raw sequence data submitted by domestic and international users. It is one of the major activities being carried on by a team of around 50 young bioinformaticians at BIGD. In addition to the GSA system, they are also working on several bioinformatics service-orientated projects as described in one of their recent publications .展开更多
The explosive growth of the bioinformatics field has led to a large amount of data and software applications publicly available as web resources. However, the lack of persistence of web references is a barrier to a co...The explosive growth of the bioinformatics field has led to a large amount of data and software applications publicly available as web resources. However, the lack of persistence of web references is a barrier to a comprehensive shared access. We conducted a study of the current availability and other features of primary bioinforo matics web resources （such as software tools and databases）. The majority （95%） of the examined bioinformatics web resources were found running on UNIX/Linux operating systems, and the most widely used web server was found to be Apache （or Apache-related products）. Of the overall 1,130 Uniform Resource Locators （URLs） examined, 91% were highly available （more than 90% of the time）, while only 4% showed low accessibility （less than 50% of the time） during the survey. Furthermore, the most common URL failure modes are presented and analyzed.展开更多
There are multitudes of web resources that are quite useful for the microbial scientific research community. Here, we provide a brief introduction on some of the most notable microbial web resources and an evaluation ...There are multitudes of web resources that are quite useful for the microbial scientific research community. Here, we provide a brief introduction on some of the most notable microbial web resources and an evaluation of them based upon our own user experience.展开更多
文摘In the 2017 first issue of this Journal - Genomes, Proteomes and Bioinformatics - a special database article entitled ＂GSA： Gen- ome Sequence Archive＂ is published. This article provides a brief introduction to the platform developed by the authors from the BIG Data Center （BIGD） of Beijing Institute of Genomics （BIG）, Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS）. The aim of the GSA project is to collect, integrate, and archive raw sequence data submitted by domestic and international users. It is one of the major activities being carried on by a team of around 50 young bioinformaticians at BIGD. In addition to the GSA system, they are also working on several bioinformatics service-orientated projects as described in one of their recent publications .
文摘The explosive growth of the bioinformatics field has led to a large amount of data and software applications publicly available as web resources. However, the lack of persistence of web references is a barrier to a comprehensive shared access. We conducted a study of the current availability and other features of primary bioinforo matics web resources （such as software tools and databases）. The majority （95%） of the examined bioinformatics web resources were found running on UNIX/Linux operating systems, and the most widely used web server was found to be Apache （or Apache-related products）. Of the overall 1,130 Uniform Resource Locators （URLs） examined, 91% were highly available （more than 90% of the time）, while only 4% showed low accessibility （less than 50% of the time） during the survey. Furthermore, the most common URL failure modes are presented and analyzed.
基金supported by the National High-tech R&D Program of China(863 Program,Grant No.2014AA021501)the National Scientific-Basic Special Fund from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Grant No.2014FY110500)
文摘There are multitudes of web resources that are quite useful for the microbial scientific research community. Here, we provide a brief introduction on some of the most notable microbial web resources and an evaluation of them based upon our own user experience.
