Zomit: biological data visualization and browsing

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TitleZomit: biological data visualization and browsing
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1998
AuthorsPook, S, Vaysseix, G, Barillot, E
JournalBioinformatics
Volume14
Issue9
Pagination807 - 814
Date PublishedJan-10-1998
ISSN1367-4803
Keywordsmagic lens, semantic zooming, zoom
AbstractMotivation: The problems caused by the difficulty in visualizing and browsing biological databases have become crucial. Scientists can no longer interact directly with the huge amount of available data. However, future breakthroughs in biology depend on this interaction. We propose a new metaphor for biological data visualization and browsing that allows navigation in very large databases in an intuitive way. The concepts underlying our approach are based on navigation and visualization with zooming, semantic zooming and portals; and on data transformation via magic lenses. We think that these new visualization and navigation techniques should be applied globally to a federation of biological databases. Results: We have implemented a generic tool, called Zomit, that provides an application programming interface for developing servers for such navigation and visualization, and a generic architecture-independent client (JavaTM applet) that queries such servers. As an illustration of the capabilities of our approach, we have developed ZoomMap, a prototype browser for the HuGeMap human genome map database.
URLhttp://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/doi/10.1093/bioinformatics/14.9.807
DOI10.1093/bioinformatics/14.9.807
Short TitleBioinformatics
Refereed DesignationUnknown