KRISTOFFERSON@BIONET-20.ARPA (04/02/88)
From: David Kristofferson <Kristofferson@BIONET-20.ARPA> XGENPUB is BIONET's sequence data annotation and submission program. The program allows you to submit annotated sequence data to the sequence databases. XGENPUB handles the details of sending the appropriate electronic mail messages for you. The XGENPUB program on BIONET now utilizes the new common data submission form which has been adopted for use by the GenBank and EMBL databases and also by the Protein Identification Resource. All three databases will receive your nucleic acid and protein sequence data via the XGENPUB program. If your nucleic acid sequence encodes a protein, please also submit the translated protein sequence via a second use of XGENPUB. For more information about the XGENPUB program see HELP XGENPUB after the @ prompt on BIONET. Use of XGENPUB gets your *annotated* data into the databases more quickly and helps to make sure that the databases are up to date. Please use this resource each time you need to submit sequence data and encourage your colleagues to do likewise. Scientists who do not have BIONET accounts may still have temporary access to the XGENPUB program by calling David Benton, GenBank Manager at IntelliGenetics. Dr. Benton's number is 415-962-7360. Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIONET Resource Manager kristofferson@bionet-20.arpa -------
KRISTOFFERSON@BIONET-20.ARPA (04/05/88)
From: David Kristofferson <Kristofferson@BIONET-20.ARPA> Jack, Thanks for your comments about XGENPUB. Your suggestion about having users review the entire form before using the program is a good one and directions on how to do this are in the on-line HELP topic which can be accessed at the @ prompt by entering HELP XGENPUB. I have revised that file to add emphasis to these instructions and have also requested the programmers to both make that topic accessible from inside the program. I have also requested to have the program offer to simply display the form to the user and allow one to exit before going in to the editor if the decision is made to go back and look up more of the information requested by the form. On a related note, let me clarify one point about on-line data submission. XGENPUB is BIONET's production and is not directly affiliated with the GenBank department at IG. In fact XGENPUB was developed considerably before IG obtained the GenBank contract. IG is developing new data-submission software as part of that contract and this software will be radically different in design. XGENPUB should not be confused in any way with that software. XGENPUB was developed solely for use by BIONET users and runs on hardware that BIONET uses. The GenBank data submission software will run on other platforms such as personal computers. As such it will be able to utilize a far more sophisticated user interface, etc., than that which is currently in XGENPUB. Nonetheless BIONET will make enhances to XGENPUB when they are suggested by users and if they can be done within the limitations of our budget. Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIONET Resource Manager kristofferson@bionet-20.arpa -------