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Archive-name: geninfo/29-Sep-90 Original-posting-by: usenet@nlm.nih.gov (usenet news poster) Original-subject: Re: GenBank Parser Archive-site: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov [130.14.20.9] Archive-directory: /tech-reports Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) In article <1990Sep25.013551.9336@phri.nyu.edu> roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes: > >What is "GenInfo ASN.1"? ASN.1 is Abstract Syntax Notation 1, an International Standards Organization standard for the description of data. It is designed to facilitate exchange of data between application programs. Automated tools are available to read ASN.1 definitions and generate source code to read the datafiles etc. GenInfo is a trademark of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) applied to a number of databases and services being developed at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a recently created center within the NLM. More information on the data formats we are using can be obtained by anonymous FTP to the server ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Look at tech-report.1.txt in the ./tech-reports directory. >-- >Roy Smith, Public Health Research Institute >roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu -OR- {att,cmcl2,rutgers,hombre}!phri!roy David States states@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov