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Table 4 Mediator-based Approaches

From: XML-based approaches for the integration of heterogeneous bio-molecular data

Aspect

Ontofusion

TAMBIS

Biomed.

WS

P2P

BioData

Genes

All types

Genes

All Types

All Types

Instantiation

Virtual

Integration

Common Access

Global View

GAV (S/I)

GAV (S)

LAV

LAV

N.A.

Global Model

RDF/OWL

XML

RDF/OWL

XML

Query Model

Boolean

CPL

XQuery

SPARQL

XQuery

Semantics

Ontologies

-

-

-

Scalability

Medium

Low

Medium

High

High

  1. This table compares the mediator-based approaches relying on the aspects introduced in Table 2.
  2. (Biomed. = Biomediator, WS = Web Services approaches, P2P = peer-to-peer approaches).