Expasy, the Swiss Bioinformatics Resource Portal, as designed by its users.
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_FEA4E3BC3807
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Expasy, the Swiss Bioinformatics Resource Portal, as designed by its users.
Journal
Nucleic acids research
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
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
Create date
04/05/2021 7:25
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05/04/2022 5:36