The BioRSTM Integration and Retrieval System: An open system for distributed data integration

Abstract

Modern academic and industrial research in life sciences generates huge amounts of data and information. To extract knowledge from this information space, optimized integration and retrieval software tools are essential. In the last years, a number of academic as well as commercial systems have been developed to solve this problem. However, as scientific projects are distributed at different locations (e.g., subsidiaries of companies, academic partnerships), data exchange and availability must be realized in a way that avoids data replication.