MIPS Plant DB Architecture and setup
This page provides some information about the MIPS Plant Genome Databases setup and architecture.
MIPS plant databases are implemented in a multi-tier architecture following the J2EE standard:
For data storage, Oracle9 DBMS is used. Web content is managed using the JBOSS 4.0.1 application server and
Java Server Faces.
To accomplish high development flexibility and manage data in a component-oriented manner, a modular approach was chosen with MIPS plant
databases.
The core of the system, around which other data modules are organized, is a flexible data model for representing genome sequence and annotation
(Karlowski et al., 2003). Three basic entities are defined: Clone, Contig and GeneticElement.
Every species specific database consists of seperate instances of these modules.
Webservices
Using BioMoby webservices, data from the MIPS plant genome DBs can be directly accessed from applications. Currently, webservices include: MIPS webservices use Apache AXIS.For information about the DB schema or other questions on the DB setup please contact Manuel Spannagl.
