Fig. 1
From: Distributed retrieval engine for the development of cloud-deployed biological databases
Framework schematic, comprised of server to databases, server to a cloud provider and user to server data streams. System admin can ask the server to execute a distributed search over several databases for a specific entry. The server translates the admin’s request to a query object which is used to define a structured URL. URLs are sent to the appropriate data base, each responds with the requested information, which is parsed to produce a list of corresponding objects. The retrieved objects can be annotated and persisted to a cloud-based specialized database