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Link/URL:	BioDatabase.Org
What:	A Database of Databases
Who:	Community project
Updates:
Upcoming events:
Web Services:	Same feature set as MediaWiki
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About MetaBase

MetaBase, the database database.

MetaBase is a user contributed 'database of databases' that uses the same MediaWiki technology as EcoliWiki to allow users to freely add descriptions of databases. The focus of MetaBase is biological databases and online resources. Currently a large number of databases and resources have been taken from the Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) Database and Web Server issues, respectively. However, in addition to this resource, a growing number of user contributed databases have been added.

Content

Currently MetaBase contains 4,787 pages that have been edited 5,517 times by 29 registered users. Of these pages there are nearly 50 user contributed resources and over 1000 databases and 800 web services collected from the NAR database. Any of these pages can be updated by anybody.

Using MetaBase

Browsing

The databases in MetaBase may be browsed by category. If future more ways would be good...

Here is a category tree for browsing [1].

Searching

The full text of any of the MediaWiki pages may be searched using the standard MediaWiki search technology.

Here is the search page [2].

Usage examples

Its fun.

Here is a list of my favourite databases [3].
Here is a list of the most recent user contributions [4].
The EcoliWiki entry in MetaBase [5].
... (MetaBase is for you!)

Technology

Its MediaWiki baby!

Web Services/API

See MediaWiki API

Discussion

References

See Help:References for how to manage references in EcoliWiki. Publication TBA (see [7]).

External Links

MetaBase URL:http://BioDataBase.Org

Discussion of MetaBase on other websites

MetaBase on Wikipedia.
MetaBase on Open Wet Ware.
MetaBase is featured on BioWiki.Net [8].
Metabase in the Database of Biological Databases [9].
The MetaBase version 1.0 release announcement on Bioinformatics.Org [10].
The "Database of Databases of Biology Databases" kindly mentioned MetaBase [11].

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 ''MetaBase, the database database.''
 [{{{1|http://BioDatabase.Org}}} {{PAGENAME}}] is a user contributed 'database of databases' that uses the same MediaWiki technology as EcoliWiki to allow users to freely add descriptions of databases. The focus of MetaBase is biological databases and online resources. Currently a large number of databases and resources have been taken from the Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) Database and Web Server issues, respectively. However, in addition to this resource, a growing number of user contributed databases have been added.
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 Currently MetaBase contains 4,787 pages that have been edited 5,517 times by 29 registered users. Of these pages there are nearly 50 user contributed resources and over 1000 databases and 800 web services collected from the NAR database. Any of these pages can be updated by anybody.
-=Using {{PAGENAME}} {{HelpIcon|Help:Databases}}=
+==Using {{PAGENAME}} {{HelpIcon|Help:Databases}}==
-==Browsing==
+===Browsing===
 The databases in MetaBase may be browsed by category. If future more ways would be good...
 * Here is a category tree for browsing [http://biodatabase.org/index.php/MetaBase_browsing_by_category].
-==Searching==
+===Searching===
-The full text of any of the MediaWiki pages may be searched using the standard MediaWiki technology.
+The full text of any of the MediaWiki pages may be searched using the standard MediaWiki search technology.
-* Here is the search page [http://biodatabase.org/index.php/Special:Search].
+* Here is the search page [http://biodatabase.org/index.php/Special:Search?search=EcoliWiki&fulltext=Search].
-==Usage examples==
+===Usage examples===
 ''Its fun.''
 * Here is a list of my favourite databases [http://biodatabase.org/index.php/User:DB].
 * Here is a list of the most recent user contributions [http://biodatabase.org/index.php/New_Database_List_More].
+* The EcoliWiki entry in MetaBase [http://biodatabase.org/index.php?title=EcoliWiki].
 * ... (MetaBase is for you!)
-=Other sites with related content {{HelpIcon|Help:Databases}}=
+==Other sites with related content {{HelpIcon|Help:Databases}}==
 There are many, including EcoliWiki! For a full list of related projects see [http://biodatabase.org/index.php/Related_projects_of_interest].
-=Technology {{HelpIcon|Help:Databases}}=
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 ''Its MediaWiki baby!''
-==Web Services/API==
+===Web Services/API===
 ''See MediaWiki API''
-=Discussion {{HelpIcon|Help:Databases}}=
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-=References {{HelpIcon|Help:Databases}}=
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 Publication TBA (see [http://biodatabase.org/index.php/MetaBase_publications]).
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-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaBase MetaBase] in Wikipedia
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaBase MetaBase] on Wikipedia.
-* Somebody blogged somewhere...
+* [http://openwetware.org/wiki/MetaBase MetaBase] on Open Wet Ware.
 * MetaBase is featured on BioWiki.Net [http://biowiki.net/index.php/Main_Page].
+* Metabase in the Database of Biological Databases [http://www.biodbs.info/Dd.html].
+* The MetaBase version 1.0 release announcement on Bioinformatics.Org [http://bioinformatics.org/forums/forum.php?forum_id=5599].
+* The "Database of Databases of Biology Databases" kindly mentioned MetaBase [http://www.grailsearch.org/?q=node/46].