NCBI2RDF: Enabling Full RDF-Based Access to NCBI Databases

Table 1

Comparison of features provided by Entrez, Bio2RDF, and NCBI2RDF for accessing the NCBI databases.

	Query language	Support for complex queries	Support for full NCBI database structure	Access to up-to-date data	Adaptability to changes in NCBI databases
Entrez	HTML form	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bio2RDF	HTML form	No	No	No	No
NCBI2RDF	SPARQL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes