Challenges faced in the integration of biological information / Su Yun Chung and John C. Wooley -- A practitioner's guide to data management and data integration in bioinformatics / Barbara A. Eckman -- Issues to address while designing a biological information system / Zoé Lacroix -- SRS : an integration platform for databanks and analysis tools in bioinformatics / Thure Etzold, Howard Harris and Simon Beaulah -- The Kleisli query system as a backbone for bioinformatics data integration and analysis / Jing Chen, Su Yun Chung and Limsoon Wong -- Complex query formulation over diverse information sources in TAMBIS / Robert Stevens [and others] -- The information integration system K2 / Val Tannen, Susan B. Davidson and Scott Harker -- P/ FDM mediator for a bioinformatics database federation / Graham J.L. Kemp and Peter M.D. Gray -- Integration challenges in gene expression data management / Victor M. Markowitz [and others] -- DiscoveryLink / Laura M. Haas [and others] -- A model-based mediator system for scientific data management / Bertram Ludäscher, Amarnath Gupta and Maryann E. Martone -- Compared evaluation of scientific data management systems / Zoé Lacrois and Terence Critchlow.