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From: <rhk...@us...> - 2004-05-13 17:12:21
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You are receiving this message because you subscribed to ope...@li..., or previously expressed interest in BNS (Biomolecule Naming Service). OpenBNS 2.2 is now available at http://openbns.sourceforge.net. This version includes: - support for the latest versions of OpenLDAP. - incorporation of some data from the hg16 genome build - Mac OSX support - numerous minor improvements to the Java API If you are using BNS and/or have feedback, we'd like to hear from you. Please write to: rhk...@us... Thanks, Robert Kincaid rhk...@us... |
From: Robert K. <rob...@ag...> - 2003-05-28 22:19:30
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You are receiving this message (and have been signed up for the BNS mailing list) because some time in the past year you have expressed interest in BNS (Biological Naming Service). The Biomolecule Naming Service is an LDAP-based directory of gene and protein information derived primarily from NCBI's LocusLink database. The main purpose of BNS is to quickly and easily convert between different name and identifier schemes commonly used for specifying gene and protein sequences. This message is to announce the availability of a new open source version with the following significant features: 1) The source distribution is now very small and easily downloaded. All Perl scripts and Java source are now provided for both server creation as well as client tools. The Perl scripts enable you to build your own BNS database directly from the source data available publicly on the internet. This requires a bit more work on your part, but avoids the >150Mb download of the previous Win32 version. 2) This distribution is specifically created for Linux (due to popular demand). However, it is still possible with sufficient additional utilities to use this version on Win32 as well. BNS was originally invented at Agilent Labs, the central research lab of Agilent Technologies. The idea is loosely inspired by the notion of providing a DNS-like name/identifier resolver for biomolecules. You can find out a bit more about the motivation, architecture and use of BNS by reading the handout from a poster presentation at ISMB '02: http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/openbns/BNSHandout.pdf An OiBC presentation is also available at: http://lsr.omg.org/oibc2002/presentations.html which provides some additional details and motivation not described in the handout. Further details and to download the distribution please go to: http://openbns.sourceforge.net Feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions or need assistance in creating your own installation of BNS. Sincerely, Robert _____________________________ Robert Kincaid, Ph.D. Agilent Laboratories 3500 Deer Creek Rd. MS 26U-16 Palo Alto CA 94304 Tel: 650-485-2418 Fax: 650-485-4538 |