Journal of Proteomics & Bioinformatics
Open Access

Abstract

Integration of Heterogeneous Biological Data Sources via Developing Web Service Platform

Mohd Kamir Yusof

Biological data is important for medical institutions or centers. The biological data used in medical institutions or centers for specified purposes such as patient report or documentation, disease statistical, etc. Medical institutions or centers must have a good platform to manage their data sources that contain biological data. In this research, Web Service Platform (WSP) was implemented for accessing heterogeneous biological data. Heterogeneous biological data means data sources that contain biological data and allocated at different places. In WSP, all data sources were integrated. The purpose of this integration is to help medical institutions or centers access all biological data. In WSP, XML is used for searching and retrieving process. XML can improve web query processing and display the information to web user in short time. JAVA technology was used in WSP development. The application was tested. The result indicates WSP can used and implemented in medical institutions or centers for accessing heterogeneous biological data.