Table 2 Summary of the integration aspects analyzed in this paper
From: XML-based approaches for the integration of heterogeneous bio-molecular data
Aspect | Main approaches |
|---|---|
BioData | Sequences, Biological Expressions, Pathways, etc. |
Instantiation | Materialized vs. Virtual integration |
Integration | Common data storage, data access or data interface |
Global View | Local As View, Global As View or Both As View |
Global Model | Relational-based, Tree-based, Graph-based |
Query Model | Ad-Hoc, SQL, XPath, XQuery, SPARQL, etc. |
Semantics | Dictionaries, Thesauri or Domain Ontologies |
Scalability | Low (< 10 sources), Medium (20–50), High (> 50) |