Data Representation in Bioinformatics.pptVIP

Data Representation in Bioinformatics S. Sudarshan Computer Science and Engg. Dept. I.I.T. Bombay Data Representation Goal: Represent data in an intuitive and convenient manner Without unnecessary replication of information Making it easy to write queries to find required information Supporting efficient retrieval of required information Data Models Ad-hoc file formats (not really data models!) XML (Extensible Markup Language) Relational data model Entity-relationship (ER) data model Object-relational data model Object-oriented data model Data Representation in Genomics Most common approach: