Biomolecular Object Network Databank: Difference between revisions

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<br />The minimum amount of information needed to create an entry in BIND is a [[PubMed]] publication reference and an entry in another database (e.g. [[GenBank]]). Each entry withiin the database provides references/authors for the data. As BIND is a constantly growing database, all components of BIND track updates and changes.<ref name= "BIND, 2001">Bader, GD, ''et al.'' BIND- The Biomolecular Interaction Network Database. ''Nucleic Acids Research'' 29: 242-245 (2001).</ref>

BIND is based on a data specification written using Abstract Syntax Notation 1 ([[ASN.1]]) language. ASN.1 is used also by [[National GenomeCenter Informationfor CenterBiotechnology Information|NCBI]] when storing data for their [[Entrez]] system and because of this BIND uses the same standards as NCBI for data representation. The ASN.1 language is preferred because it can be easily translated into other data specification languages (e.g. [[XML]]), can easily handle complex data and can be applied to all biological interactions – not just proteins. <ref name= "BIND, 2001"/>. Bader and Hogue (2000) have prepared a detailed manuscript on the ASN.1 data specification used by BIND.<ref name= "BIND, 2000">Bader, GD, Hogue, CWV. BIND- a data specification for storing and describing biomolecular interactions, molecular complexes and pathways. ''Bioinformatics'' 16(5): 465-477 (2000).</ref>

===Data submission and curation===