Figure 3From: GIDL: a rule based expert system for GenBank Intelligent Data Loading into the Molecular Biodiversity databaseFlat file and statement templates. CLIPS templates define the form that facts can take. Every time a fact of this type is created, it contains the slots specified in its definition, each of which can contain a value and can be accessed by name. We use the header, sequence, key, portion, reference and reference_portion templates for flat files and insert and select templates for statements. The rule engine performs the conversion.Back to article page