| URL: | http://sparql.kpath.khaos.uma.es |
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| Description: | kpath is a database that integrates information related to metabolic pathways. |
| Year founded: | 2015 |
| Last update: | 2015-06-08 |
| Version: | v1.0 |
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| Country/Region: | Spain |
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| University/Institution: | Universidad de Málaga |
| Address: | Departamento de Lenguajes y Ciencias de la Computación, Universidad de Málaga, Andalucía Tech, Ada Byron Research Building, E-29071 Málaga, Spain |
| City: | Málaga |
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| Country/Region: | Spain |
| Contact name (PI/Team): | Ismael Navas-Delgado |
| Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): | ismael@lcc.uma.es |
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kpath: integration of metabolic pathway linked data. [PMID: 26055101]
In the last few years, the Life Sciences domain has experienced a rapid growth in the amount of available biological databases. The heterogeneity of these databases makes data integration a challenging issue. Some integration challenges are locating resources, relationships, data formats, synonyms or ambiguity. The Linked Data approach partially solves the heterogeneity problems by introducing a uniform data representation model. Linked Data refers to a set of best practices for publishing and connecting structured data on the Web. This article introduces kpath, a database that integrates information related to metabolic pathways. kpath also provides a navigational interface that enables not only the browsing, but also the deep use of the integrated data to build metabolic networks based on existing disperse knowledge. This user interface has been used to showcase relationships that can be inferred from the information available in several public databases. © The Author(s) 2015. Published by Oxford University Press. |