著者

Yutaka Ueno Kiyoshi Asai Masanori Arita

出版者

日本バイオインフォマティクス学会

雑誌

Genome Informatics (ISSN:09199454)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.10, pp.166-175, 1999 (Released:2011-07-11)

参考文献数

16

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We have constructed a general framework for integrating application programs with control through a local Web browser. This method is based on a simple inter-process message function from an external process to application programs. Commands to a target program areprepared in a script file, which is parsed by a message dispatcher program. When it is used as ahelper application to a Web browser, these messages will be sent from the browser by clicking a hyper-link in a Web document. Our framework also supports pluggable extension-modules for application programs by means of dynamic linking. A prototype system is implemented on our molecular structure-viewer program, MOSBY. It successfully featured a function to load an extension-module required for the docking study of molecular fragments from a Web page. Our simple framework facilitates the concise configuration of Web softwares without complicated knowledge on network computation and security issues. It is also applicable for a wide range of network computations processing private data using a Web browser.