Conclusions
The development of high throughput methods
and the establishment of commercial sources for even
highly specialized biochemical reagents for research in
molecular and cell biology over the past fifteen years has
brought a huge increase in the volume and diversity of
biological and biomedical data. Clinical use of these
technologies has already begun and extensive, even
routine, application is imminent. Full, efficient
exploitation of these expensive investments in data
collection will require complementary investments in
data management technology.
To date most efforts to manage this data have relied
either on commercial off-the-shelf DBMSs developed for
business data, or on homegrown systems that are neither
flexible nor scalable. Better data management
technology is needed to effectively address specific data
management needs of the life sciences. Such needs
include support for diverse data types (such as
sequences, graphs, 3D structures, etc.) and queries (e.g.,
similarity based retrieval), data provenance tracking, and
integration of numerous autonomous databases.
ConclusionsThe development of high throughput methodsand the establishment of commercial sources for evenhighly specialized biochemical reagents for research inmolecular and cell biology over the past fifteen years hasbrought a huge increase in the volume and diversity ofbiological and biomedical data. Clinical use of thesetechnologies has already begun and extensive, evenroutine, application is imminent. Full, efficientexploitation of these expensive investments in datacollection will require complementary investments indata management technology.To date most efforts to manage this data have reliedeither on commercial off-the-shelf DBMSs developed forbusiness data, or on homegrown systems that are neitherflexible nor scalable. Better data managementtechnology is needed to effectively address specific datamanagement needs of the life sciences. Such needsinclude support for diverse data types (such assequences, graphs, 3D structures, etc.) and queries (e.g.,similarity based retrieval), data provenance tracking, andintegration of numerous autonomous databases.
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