Sobral B W S, “ToolBus — An Interoperable Environment for Biological Researchers

Abstract- ToolBus is an integrated environment in which data and tools can be interoperable in an open and flexible manner. Using this environment, biological researchers can access many kinds of Bioinformatics data sources and analysis tools. Its utilization of web services and its open API encourage and support the development of tools and visualization plugins by other development groups. As the number and diversity of tools and visualization plugins expands, the tool interoperability and data integration capabilities of ToolBus will enable its utility to expand at an exponential rate as the interconnections among the data can be fully realized. An example use case is discussed in detail