Fig. 1
From: An automated real-time integration and interoperability framework for bioinformatics
Framework architecture highlighting the different system layers. a external Original Resources are accessed for data extraction; b local or distributed Agents poll Original Resources; c the internal Data store uses a relational database (PostgreSQL or MySQL) to store data and an object cache (Redis) for improved performance; d the application engine, is implemented in Ruby, with the Rails framework, and controls the entire application and its API; e the Postman applies the data extracted by the Agents to the Templates and executes the final delivery; f the external Destination Resources receive the data from the system.