Since 1993, Genethon and the CEPH-Fondation-Jean-Dausset with the
support of the RESIG project (Networks of computer servers for Genomes)
and a grant from the GREG (Groupement pour la Recherche et l'Etude des
Genomes) have been collecting a software directory of general interest
in molecular biology and genetics, and distributing it on the Internet.

In the long run, such a directory ought to contain most of
the existing programmes (from  academic, processing servers to
commercial programmes), with some emphasis on network-oriented
multi-user environments (eg UNIX, VAX/VMS).

The EBI (European Bioinformatics Institute - an EMBL outstation) has
decided to support this initiative by taking care of the making of the
catalog - as a collaborative project - and its distribution.
We would like to thank the computing group of Genethon and Dominique Caterina
from CEPH, instigators of this project, for their contribution.

This directory cannot  be up-to-date without the help of the biocomputing
community, that is to say the programme authors, archive adminsitrators
and end-users.

Thus, any corrections, comments and announcements of new software would
be mostly welcome at the following addresses :

 Email: Patricia.Rodriguez-Tome@ebi.ac.uk

 Web page (preferred but it will work only if your browser support forms) :
 http://www.ebi.ac.uk/biocat/biocat_form.html for new entries, and
 http://www.ebi.ac.uk/biocat/biocatcorr_form.html for corrections.


 Smail: Dr. Patricia Rodriguez-Tome
	EMBL Oustattion, Hinxton - The European Bioinformatics Institute
        Hinxton Hall, Hinxton
	Cambridge CB10 1RQ
	UK




Subsequently, other areas will be taken into account, but where does
molecular biology  stop ?