Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!uunet!bionet!kristoff From: kristoff@genbank.bio.net (David Kristofferson) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.genome-program Subject: Re: feature table parsers - what's it all mean? Message-ID: Date: 3 Oct 90 21:16:06 GMT References: <9010031936.AA18626@genbank.bio.net> <9010031956.AA19552@genbank.bio.net> Organization: GenBank Online Service Lines: 46 Dan, No problem with flames. I enjoy a bit of controversy as long as everything is above board and honest (and it doesn't get too time-consuming). I am a bit too new on the GenBank block to explain all of the old history, but others at GenBank can reply to Tom's concerns. I will point out though that a lot of GenBank's recent efforts have been devoted to developing the RDBMS version of the database instead of concentrating on the flat file version (although we apparently concentrated on the flat file format just enough to tick you off 8-)!!). Please note that this is an off-the-cuff remark though and a more authoritative response should come from LANL. I would suggest once again, however, that GenBank issues should be directed to the GENBANK-BB (bionet.molbio.genbank) newsgroup instead of the Genome newsgroup. The posting addresses for that group are: Address Location Network ------- -------- ------- genbankb@irlearn.ucd.ie Ireland EARN/BITNET genbankb@uk.ac.daresbury U.K. JANET genbank-bb@bmc.uu.se Sweden Internet genbank-bb@genbank.bio.net U.S.A. Internet/BITNET The group can be accessed on USENET (bionet.molbio.genbank) or e-mail subscriptions can be requested by mailing to one of the following addresses (don't send subscription requests to the newsgroup addresses above, please). Address Location Network ------- -------- ------- biosci@irlearn.ucd.ie Ireland EARN/BITNET biosci@uk.ac.daresbury U.K. JANET biosci@bmc.uu.se Sweden Internet biosci@genbank.bio.net U.S.A. Internet/BITNET -- Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson GenBank Manager kristoff@genbank.bio.net