A computational framework for unified biological databank to overcome heterogeneity of biological data format

Building block of life is dna which produces rna and protein sequences; all these molecular blocks lie in the category of biological data. biological data which comprises various organisms like animals,plants,viruses,bacteria and humans,throughout the globe has heterogeneous nature. this heterogeneity is caused by different parameters such as storage mechanism,information representation and content format. the abundance of heterogeneity creates a havoc towards optimized exploitation,integration,storage and retrieval of existing biological data. this work introduces a computational framework for achieving a unified format for biological data,which can accommodate different formats of storage; and data presentation. an information retrieval system for biological data has been developed which sheds light on different recompenses gained by this unified format of the biological data. © pakistan academy of sciences.