MAULIK@BIONET-20.ARPA (02/24/88)
From: Sunil Maulik <MAULIK@BIONET-20.ARPA> I have some questions regarding the BioMatrix concept and the LiMB db (Listing of Molecular Biology DataBases database). 1. What suggestions were made regarding integrating sequence information (e.g. the PIR protein sequence database) with structure information (e.g. the Brookhaven atomic coordinate database) ? 2. At a recent meeting it came to light that groups in the U.K. were placing Brookhaven in a Relational Database format (using ORACLE). Is this format being supported and distributed in the U.S.? Will it be integrated into BIO-MATRIX ? 3. Are there any attempts to maintain databases of "pointers" e.g. pointers to all sequences known to be greater than 50% homologous to a given query sequence ? 4. What about "higher-order" databases ? For instance would it be possible to have databases that link genetic maps with physical maps, or common structural motifs with homologous sequences ? 5. How will the BIO-MATRIX type of database be distributed ? What type of software will be needed to access the information within it? I am sure most (if not all) of these questions were discussed at the workshop. However I am confused (and, I suspect, so are others) as to precisely how many of these tasks will be implemented. Discussion of these issues over the BIO-MATRIX airwaves would be appreciated. Sincerely, Sunil Maulik ARPAnet:Maulik@bionet-20.arpa Senior Scientific Consultant BITnet:Maulik%bionet-20.arpa@cunyvm.cuny.bitnet BIONET (415)-324-4363 -------