Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1989 Jan;77(1):19-25.

BioSYNTHESIS: bridging the information gap.

Bulletin of the Medical Library Association

N C Broering, H R Gault, H Epstein

PMID: 2720205 PMCID: PMC227294
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Abstract

BioSYNTHESIS is a prototype intelligent retrieval system under development as part of the IAIMS project at Georgetown University. The aim is to create an integrated system that can retrieve information located on disparate computer systems. The project work has been divided in two phases: BioSYNTHESIS I, development of a single menu to access various databases which reside on different computers; and BioSYNTHESIS II, development of a search component that facilitates complex searching for the user. BioSYNTHESIS II will accept a user's query and conduct a search for appropriate information in the IAIMS databases at Georgetown. For information not available at Georgetown, such as full text, it will access selected remote systems and translate the search query as appropriate for the target system. The search through various computer systems and different databases with unique storage and retrieval structures will be transparent to the user. BioSYNTHESIS I is complete and available to users. The design work for BioSYNTHESIS II is under development and will continue as a multiyear technical research effort of the proposed Georgetown IAIMS implementation project.

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MeSH terms

• Computer Communication Networks*
• Computer Systems*
• Humans
• Information Systems*
• Software*

Publication Types

• Journal Article
• Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
• Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Grant support

• 5R01LM04450/LM/NLM NIH HHS/United States

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