A Data Transformation System for Biological Data Sources

Summary: Transforms heterogeneous biological data (ASN.1, ACE, BLAST, FASTA) into queryable forms; handles nested, non-relational types (lists, variants) unseen in traditional DBs. Prototype with the Human Genome Center Chromosome 22; highlights querying/transforming bulk biological data and related optimizations. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 8456
Venue: VLDB
Year: 1995
Pagerank: 7.0193727e-05
Overall Rank: 3,915 | 73.15%
DOI: -

Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time

Authors

1. P. Buneman (University of Pennsylvania)
2. S. B. Davidson (University of Pennsylvania)
3. K. Hart (University of Pennsylvania)
4. C. Overton (University of Pennsylvania)
5. L. Wong (Institute of Systems Science Laboratory; Real World Computing Partnership Novel Function)

BibTeX Citation

@article{buneman_vldb95,
        title = {{A Data Transformation System for Biological Data Sources}},
        author = {Buneman, P. and Davidson, S. B. and Hart, K. and Overton, C. and Wong, L.},
        journal = {PVLDB},
        series = {{VLDB} '95},
        pages = {158},
        year = {1995}
}

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124	A Query Language and Optimization Techniques for Unstructured Data	1996	SIGMOD	0.00030950263
585	Lineage Tracing for General Data Warehouse Transformations	2001	VLDB	0.00016139897
1,233	Semistructured Data	1997	PODS	0.00011562468
1,434	A Query Language for Multidimensional Arrays: Design, Implementation, and Optimization Techniques	1996	SIGMOD	0.00010800479
1,609	Managing Semantic Heterogeneity in Databases : A Theoretical Perspective	1997	PODS	0.00010225236
2,216	Open Data Integration	2018	VLDB	8.9374127e-05
3,325	On Wrapping Query Languages and Efficient XML Integration	2000	SIGMOD	7.5196252e-05
6,181	Just-In-Time Data Virtualization: Lightweight Data Management with ViDa	2015	CIDR	5.9494838e-05
12,888	Approximate Query Translation Across Heterogeneous Information Sources	2000	VLDB	5.093636e-05

Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.

Rank	Cited Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
182	Federated Database Systems for Managing Distributed, Heterogeneous, and Autonomous Databases	1991	VLDB	0.00026367971
844	Hash-Partitioned Join Method Using Dynamic Destaging Strategy	1988	VLDB	0.00013664056
1,909	A Call to Order	1993	PODS	9.4991504e-05
2,248	Database Programming in Machiavelli - a Polymorphic Language with Static Type Inference	1989	SIGMOD	8.8703718e-05
2,825	Towards an Effective Calculus for Object Query Languages	1995	SIGMOD	8.0869692e-05
2,845	A New Way to Compute the Product and Join of Relations	1980	SIGMOD	8.060155e-05

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