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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,<BR>I am evaluating the possibility to make
a parsing of the output of all the EMBOSS </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>algorithms.<BR>I have found 4 different type of output:<BR>-sequences in
different formats (transeq, seqret, etc);<BR>-tables (like fuzznuc, iep,
etc.)<BR>-not specific format (like antigenic, remap, etc.)<BR>-postcript or
graphycal output.<BR>It is very difficult analyzing and extracting information
from this type of output. I </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>think that an XML
output format for each algorithm would be very useful. NCBI Blast also
</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>have an option to convert the output results in
XML format. Moreover, there is a </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>"bio-XML" called
BSML (Bioinformatic Sequence Markup Language) able to describe </FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2>bioinformatic sequences.<BR>Is EMBOSS going to make available
in a future release this feature? If no, are there </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>reasons to ignore the power of XML?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Graziano</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>