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From: sticklen@CPSWH.CPS.MSU.EDU (Jon Sticklen)
Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.bio-matrix
Subject: re: Mike Hawley's note
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Date: 24 May 89 04:12:35 GMT
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mike,
  i am curious about how you propose to "siphon" biological
literature into useful computer form. what does useful
mean in that context? useful for "greping". 
  isn't there some difficulty now in biological circles
(that from the outside would appear to be rather
small circles) about the language protein
researchers use vs. the language dna researchers use?
ie, developments in one field are hard to propagate to the
other?
  it'd be easy to put all the biological literature
on line. its an entire different matter to make all those
mega-Gbytes somehow accessible.
  again, from the perspective of a CS person - if incorrect,
then please set me straight.

	Jon Sticklen