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From: toms@fcs260c2.ncifcrf.gov (Tom Schneider)
Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.genbank
Subject: Re: feature table parsers - what's it all mean?
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Date: 3 Oct 90 22:48:07 GMT
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In article <9010031956.AA08670@largo.ig.com> davison@MENUDO.UH.EDU (Dan Davison) writes:
>A complete definition is available from the GenBank staff at Los

Ok, I've asked them for the latest version of a complete definition.

>Another person who wants to break even more existing software.  GB
>staff are very conservative about changes.  This drives most of
>non-GB'ers nuts (because of course we know what's right ;->) but
>they're right to be conservative on such  matters.

A full definition does not break software, it encourages good software.  Not
breaking software is a "great" reason for never making changes.

>dr. dan davison/dept. of biochemical and biophysical sciences/univ. of
>Houston/4800 Calhoun/Houston,TX 77054-5500/davison@uh.edu/DAVISON@UHOU

  Tom Schneider
  National Cancer Institute
  Laboratory of Mathematical Biology
  Frederick, Maryland  21702-1201
  toms@ncifcrf.gov