InterMine: a flexible data warehouse system for the integration and analysis of heterogeneous biological data

TLDR

InterMine is an open‑source data warehouse system that enables rapid construction of databases with complex data integration and customizable query capabilities. InterMine provides an extensible framework that supports building large biological databases from heterogeneous data sources, offers a flexible query builder, genomic region search, statistical widgets, and a suite of web services with client libraries in five languages. Exported results are available in multiple commonly used formats. InterMine is freely available at http://www.intermine.org under the LGPL license; contact [e-mail]; supplementary data are online.

Abstract

Abstract Summary: InterMine is an open-source data warehouse system that facilitates the building of databases with complex data integration requirements and a need for a fast customizable query facility. Using InterMine, large biological databases can be created from a range of heterogeneous data sources, and the extensible data model allows for easy integration of new data types. The analysis tools include a flexible query builder, genomic region search and a library of ‘widgets’ performing various statistical analyses. The results can be exported in many commonly used formats. InterMine is a fully extensible framework where developers can add new tools and functionality. Additionally, there is a comprehensive set of web services, for which client libraries are provided in five commonly used programming languages. Availability: Freely available from http://www.intermine.org under the LGPL license. Contact: [e-mail] Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.