While CITA is actually the database access system not the interfaces, there are some shortcomings that should be mentioned now. At the current time CITA has simple query support, so some types of query are just not available, however it is the only remote interface to support AQL. In a similar way to AceBrowser, ACEDB graphics support is available, in most configurations (not complete in C server yet).
The CITA client most likely to be useful to you is GFace. GFace has support for ACEDB graphics plus many displays of its own. It also has the capability to except new displays. GFace is also written in Java and thus may be slow on anything but modern hardware, but at least the interface runs on many platforms.
Initial interface
(Run GFace in a separate
window).
Clicking on the "Connect" button will cause a connection to the default server to be made and the database manager showing the list of available databases on that server will appear.
Database manager.
If you select a database and click the "Open" button the database will be opened and the class list is displayed for that database.
BrassicaDB class list.
To get a list of all the objects in a class just click on the class name. If you only want a subset of the objects in the class then type the appropriate pattern into the "Pattern" box. You can also access the ACEDB query language using the entries on the "Query" menu.
Key list of the sequence class.
Clicking on an objects name will display that object using the currently selected display. You can change the display using the "Display" menu, either from the key list or from an already open display.
Data tree display of sequence EM:H07368.
Note the cross link to EMBL shown in green.
ACEDB graphic display of sequence EM:H07368.
Genetic map N1_N-fo-61-9 displayed using the PCM display.
PCM display showing the N1 multimap. This is a pairwise comparison of
genetic maps N1_N-fo-61-9 and N1_N-fo-72-8 showing their colinerarity.
This display can also be derived from a table allowing any of the maps
in the database to be compared.
The images above should have given you a taste of the major difference between the Java interfaces and the form based interfaces. While this interface is far from production quality it does allow access to most of the important features of the data.
Okay now we've looked at the major interfaces I suppose I should mention a few other things that may be of use to you.
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