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Work Done:
URL: http://brancusi1.usc.edu/
BAMS is an online resource for neural circuitry, an environment for handling brain data from different species. The information stored and processed by BAMS is collated from the scientific literature.
Back-end: Django, PostgreSQL
The back-end is a custom Django deployment, with a PostgreSQL database.
Because of the complex original schema and the dynamic nature of the system, all the data is split into triples and stored as RDF. RDF is a standard model for data interchange on the Web and it's being adopted by the scientific community for its self-documentation and versatility.
We used SPARQL to access the RDF store. SPARQL is a query language and a protocol for accessing RDF that can easily provide a public read-only interface to the data.
Front-End
The interface is carefully designed to ensure the good functionality and portability across all major browsers.
With the help of some jQuery plugins we implemented features ranging from collapsible headers to treeview descriptions. Because of the big amount of information that needs to be displayed, the pages show only the most important bits, while secondary resources are hidden initially. |
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