Supporting taxonomic names in cell and molecular biology databases

Kennedy, Jessie

Abstract

Groups of organisms require labels or names to refer to them; however, the idea of a single static name index, although tempting for its simplicity, is both impractical and unadvisable as a basis for referring to organisms for which data has been collected and stored for analyses and sharing. The relevant issues are described and some of the challenges facing database researchers are discussed.

Citation

Kennedy, J. (2003). Supporting taxonomic names in cell and molecular biology databases. OMICS, 7(1), 13-16. https://doi.org/10.1089/153623103322006508

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Jul 8, 2004
• Publication Date: 2003-01
• Deposit Date: Oct 28, 2009
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 28, 2009
• Print ISSN: 1536-2310
• Electronic ISSN: 1557-8100
• Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 13-16
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/153623103322006508
• Keywords: Bioinformatics, Taxonomy, Flexibility, Data comparability, Database development, Computer programming
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3019
• Contract Date: Oct 28, 2009