Title :
BioFOSS: a survey of Free/Open Source Software in Bioinformatic
Author :
Shabaga, Kirby ; German, Daniel M.
Author_Institution :
Victoria Univ., BC
Abstract :
This paper discusses the current state of free/open source software (F/OSS) projects in the field of academic bioinformatics. The paper reports on a survey of the bioinformatics journal that enumerates the number of Application Notes published between volumes 2004-20-17 and 2005-21-7. The purpose of this survey is to determine what percentage of bioinformatics applications are made available under open source licenses. Bioinformatics includes tools, databases, and organizations to support them. An overview is given for the EMBOSS project, the Open Bioinformatics Foundation, and GenBank. In addition, a short discussion of Linux distributions tailored to the needs of bioinformaticians is provided
Keywords :
Linux; medical computing; medical information systems; Linux distributions; bioinformatics; open source software; Application software; Bioinformatics; Biology computing; DNA; Genomics; Humans; Licenses; Linux; Open source software; Proteins;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2006. CBMS 2006. 19th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Salt Lake City, UT
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2517-1
DOI :
10.1109/CBMS.2006.60
