Expasy, the Swiss Bioinformatics Resource Portal, as designed by its users.

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serval:BIB_FEA4E3BC3807
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Expasy, the Swiss Bioinformatics Resource Portal, as designed by its users.
Journal
Nucleic acids research
Author(s)
Duvaud S., Gabella C., Lisacek F., Stockinger H., Ioannidis V., Durinx C.
ISSN
1362-4962 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0305-1048
Publication state
Published
Issued date
02/07/2021
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
49
Number
W1
Pages
W216-W227
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (https://www.sib.swiss) creates, maintains and disseminates a portfolio of reliable and state-of-the-art bioinformatics services and resources for the storage, analysis and interpretation of biological data. Through Expasy (https://www.expasy.org), the Swiss Bioinformatics Resource Portal, the scientific community worldwide, freely accesses more than 160 SIB resources supporting a wide range of life science and biomedical research areas. In 2020, Expasy was redesigned through a user-centric approach, known as User-Centred Design (UCD), whose aim is to create user interfaces that are easy-to-use, efficient and targeting the intended community. This approach, widely used in other fields such as marketing, e-commerce, and design of mobile applications, is still scarcely explored in bioinformatics. In total, around 50 people were actively involved, including internal stakeholders and end-users. In addition to an optimised interface that meets users' needs and expectations, the new version of Expasy provides an up-to-date and accurate description of high-quality resources based on a standardised ontology, allowing to connect functionally-related resources.
Keywords
Computational Biology, Databases, Factual, Software, User-Computer Interface
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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