Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bionet!kristoff From: kristoff@genbank.BIO.NET (David Kristofferson) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.genbank Subject: Re: RE: Database software Message-ID: Date: 7 Aug 90 19:58:35 GMT References: <9008071339.AA04866@genbank.bio.net> Organization: GenBank Online Service Lines: 23 > Why not share it > so that we can design our sw not only for our punctual specific purpose but > also in such a way that it could be useful for other guys. Enginnering a sw > project is more easy if you know in advance all the reasons for changes, all > the needs expected and the uses it is intended for. As Dave Benton mentioned in an earlier message, GenBank, EMBL, and DDBJ have been circulating this info for some time. There was nothing secret about this process. I would recommend that anyone who develops software that utilizes any of the sequence databanks become a regular reader of the various release notes and also get on any databank mailing lists that are available. The databanks can not hope to reach everyone personally with an interest in these matters, but, if one wishes to do things "by the book" and avoid wasting time, a certain amount of effort to stay informed must also be made on the part of the software developer. -- Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson GenBank On-line Service Manager kristoff@genbank.bio.net