Chapter 1. Background to EMBOSS

Table of Contents

1.1. History
1.2. EMBOSS Developers
1.3. Key Features
1.3.1. General Features
1.3.1.1. Open source
1.3.1.2. Stable licensing
1.3.1.3. UNIX command line
1.3.1.4. Command line validation
1.3.1.5. Data in any common format
1.3.1.6. No sequence length limit
1.3.1.7. Availability and distribution
1.3.1.8. Quality assurance
1.3.2. Features for Users of EMBOSS
1.3.2.1. Simple site configuration
1.3.2.2. Support for local databases
1.3.2.3. Remote data servers
1.3.2.4. Support for users of EMBOSS
1.3.2.5. Functionality and integration
1.3.2.6. Interfaces