The superstructure toward open bioinformatics grid

作     者：Konagaya, A Konishi, F Hatakeyama, M Satou, K 

作者机构：RIKEN Genom Sci Ctr Yokohama Kanagawa 2300045 Japan Japan Adv Inst Sci & Technol Sch Knowledge Sci Tatsunokuchi Ishikawa 9231292 Japan 

出 版 物：《NEW GENERATION COMPUTING》 (新一代计算机)

年 卷 期：2004年第22卷第2期

页      面：167-176页

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学科分类：08[工学] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

基　　金：Ministry of Education  Culture  Sports  Science and Technology  MEXT 

主　　题：bioinformatics grid programming environment XML database genome annotation biochemical simulation 

摘      要：The grid design strongly depends on not only a network infrastructure but also a superstructure, that is, a social structure of virtual organizations where people trust each other, share resources and work together. Open Biomformatics Grid (OBIGrid) is a grid aimed at building a cooperative bioinformatics environment for computer sicentists and biologists. In October 2003, OBIGrid consisted of 293 nodes with 492 CPUs provided by 27 sites at Universities, laboratories and other enterprises, connected by a virtual private network over the Internet. So many organizations have participated because OBIGrid has been conscious of constructing a superstructure on a grid as well as a grid infrastructure. For the benefit of OBIGrid participants, we have developed a series of life science application services: an open bioinformatics environment (OBIEnv), a scalable genome database (OBISgd), a genome annotation system (OBITco), a biochemical network simulator (OBIYagns), and to name a few.