iTools
[{{cite journal, vauthors=Dinov ID, Rubin D, Lorensen W, Dugan J, Ma J, Murphy S, Kirschner B, Bug W, Sherman M, Floratos A, Kennedy D, Jagadish HV, Schmidt J, Athey B, Califano A, Musen M, Altman R, Kikinis R, Kohane I, Delp S, Parker DS, Toga AW , title=iTools: A Framework for Classification, Categorization and Integration of Computational Biology Resources , journal=PLOS ONE , volume=3, issue=5, pages= e2265, doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0002265 , year=2008 , pmid=18509477 , pmc=2386255, bibcode=2008PLoSO...3.2265D , doi-access=free ] is a distributed infrastructure for managing, discovery, comparison and integration of
computational biology resources. iTools employs
Biositemap A Biositemap is a way for a biomedical research institution of organisation to show how biological information is distributed throughout their Information Technology systems and networks. This information may be shared with other organisations and r ...
technology to retrieve and service meta-data about diverse bioinformatics data services, tools, and web-services. iTools is developed by the
National Centers for Biomedical Computing
The National Centers for Biomedical Computing (NCBCs) are part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health plan to develop and implement the core of a universal computing infrastructure that is urgently needed to speed progress in biomedical research ...
as part of th
NIH Road Map Initiative
See also
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Biositemaps A Biositemap is a way for a biomedical research institution of organisation to show how biological information is distributed throughout their Information Technology systems and networks. This information may be shared with other organisations and r ...
References
External links
Interactive iTools Server
Knowledge representation
Bioinformatics