EMBLSearch: a CDROM based database query system
European Molecular Biology Laboratory Postfach 10.2209. W-6900 Heidelberg, Germany
This paper describes a system of generally applicable index files provided on the EMBL sequence databases CDROM to facilitate the development offronzend software to the sequence databases available on this CDROM. The index files are used by a new versatile and userfriendly database retrieval program for the Apple Macintosh, EMBLSearch, which allows the easy construction of complex database queries. EMBLSearch utilizes crossreference information contained in the databases to support navigation between different information resources. The ability to run EMBLSearch on a local computer network accessing a shared database CDROM makes its use particularly cost effective.
Received on June 3, 1992; accepted on August 24, 1992