First drafts for a general way to group all BIRN data for query (also ties in with data upload). Started 2/7/07
Link to the metadata working page: for work on mapping different data sources and types into this concept-based query (related to data upload)
More specific ideas based on data type or other query requests
Mock up of potential UI by Zai Chang 2/2007:
Next Steps:
4/6/07
- MBATminutes4_6_07doc.doc: minutes for next plans by UCLA group
- Want Query interface to have the following properties:
- Want the interface to query across datatypes and sources to come back with a synopsis of how many data-types are available from the different sources (or in the different data types). An overall review of what sort of data fits the query
- Then the user would filter and select from these return results (through a text-based interface-perhaps with a thumbnail pop-up) and save data of interest to a “shopping cart”
- From this shopping cart, the user would then be able to download it or immediately visualize it (may or may not be in MBAT)
- Determined this query interface needs to access a "metadata" database (as previously outlined by Ilya-perhaps provided by the mediator to some extent). See schema suggested by Queenie for this DB metadata_DB.bmp.
General_query_categories_2.vsd 
General_query_categories_2.pdf 
MBAT2-SearchB.jpg 
Deve_query_types.rtf 
