Hi,
I am reading a paper about gene prioritization and I encounter the terms 'attribute-based data sources' and 'vector-based data sources' while reading the part that the authors illustrate their methods.
I am new to gene data analysis and have no background in database so I was wondering what are the definitions for these two kinds of data sources and what's the difference between them. The authors do give some samples: attribute-based data sources such as GO, KEGG EST expression; vector-based data sources such as literature, microarray expression data
Could anyone give me some ideas? Thanks!