Silent Canto

Canto: a Hypertext Data Model

The Canto hypertext data model is characterized by a hierarchical schema mechanism that allows a predetermined, open-ended schema to be embedded in the hyperdocument. Canto uses two types of nodes: concept nodes, which provide organizational structure, and information nodes, which contain text and other data. The operations provided by the Canto Data Model are defined formally using the Z speci...

Re-Discovering the Art of Bel Canto

Phosphate: the Silent Challenge

Phosphorus (P) is one of the most vital elements for all living organisms which acts as aconstituent of essential biomolecules such as nucleic acids, phospholipids, and phosphosugars,and as a major contributor to almost all metabolic reactions including photosynthesis,respiration, and energy delivery. It is one of the most needed nutrients for plant growth anddevelopment. Despite high levels of...

Canto: an online tool for community literature curation

MOTIVATION Detailed curation of published molecular data is essential for any model organism database. Community curation enables researchers to contribute data from their papers directly to databases, supplementing the activity of professional curators and improving coverage of a growing body of literature. We have developed Canto, a web-based tool that provides an intuitive curation interface...

Program Understanding and Maintenance with the CANTO Environment

During maintenance activities, the availability of integrated conceptual views that present software at different levels of abstraction, from software architecture to control and d a t a pow relations at code level, is fundamental to understand and modify legacy systems. This paper presents CANTO, a comprehensive program understanding and maintenance environment which integrates fine grained in...