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Beyond NEXUS: Universal Cladistic Data Objects
Author(s) -
Nixon Kevin C.,
Carpenter James M.,
Borgardt Sandra J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
cladistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.323
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1096-0031
pISSN - 0748-3007
DOI - 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2001.tb00104.x
Subject(s) - cladistics , nexus (standard) , computer science , subject (documents) , data management , data science , database , world wide web , biology , phylogenetics , gene , embedded system , biochemistry
The subject of data management in cladistics is discussed. Proprietary, nonrelational data “formats” are no solution to the problems of data storage and transfer among programs; rather, commercially available standards for query language should be implemented in a system of data objects.