Hi George,
BioMart reverse-star schema is independent of any biological concepts,
hence can be used to model any kind of 'omics data. As far as the COSMIC
goes, could you please let us know what difficulties did you face ? we
are happy to help.
Best
Syed
On 15/05/2010 01:47, Kan, Zhengyan wrote:
Hi, Bio-mart team:
I wonder if there are some data sets not suitable for transformation
into Biomart. In my experience, I had difficulties transforming the
COSMIC database into Biomart as the data is very decentralized. It may
just be my lack of knowledge about the Biomart system though.
My understanding is that Biomart uses a 'top-down', reverse-star schema.
Should this type of schema applicable to all genomic data sets or just a
limited spectrum?
Many thanks!
Zhengyan (George) Kan
Computational Biology
Pfizer, La Jolla
