Beschreibung:
XML, or Extensible Markup Language, is rapidly becoming a critical tool in bioinformatics and biological data exchange. XML is currently used to represent a diverse set of biological data, from nucleotide and protein sequences to protein-protein interactions and signal transduction pathways. XML is also used in a wide array of bioinformatics applications, including stand-alone applications, federated database systems, distributed applications, and web services.
XML for Bioinformatics aims to provide biologists, software engineers, and bioinformatics professionals with a comprehensive introduction to XML and current XML applications in bioinformatics. The book will assume no background in XML, and take readers from basic to intermediate XML concepts. Core topics will include: fundamentals of XML, creating XML grammars, web services via SOAP, and parsing XML documents in Perl and Java.
to XML for Bioinformatics.- Fundamentals of XML and BSML.- DTDs for Bioinformatics.- XML Schemas for Bioinformatics.- Parsing NCBI XML in Perl.- The Distributed Annotation System (DAS).- Parsing DAS Data with SAX.- Parsing DAS Data with JDOM.- Web Services for Bioinformatics.