[BiO BB] software categories

[J.W. Bizzaro]

Greetings.

You may have noticed that "Molecular Linux" has moved to
Bioinformatics.org.  It is a registry/repository of bioinformatics tools
that run on Linux (other platforms to follow).  We also have "The Open Lab",
which is a project hosting system based on SourceForge.

We would like to begin categorizing the software in both places for the
benefit of those looking.  Right now, software is just listed in
alphabetical order.

We have come up with a categorization scheme and have posted it below.  We
request comments, additions and changes to the categories as subscribers
here see fit.


* sequence analysis
        sequence viewer
        sequence editor/anotator
        sequence quantitation
        HMM
        ANN
        genome/chromosome viewer

* phylogenetic trees
        parsimony
        neighbor joining
        maximum likelihood
        tree drawing programs
        
* multiple alignments
        alignment editor
        alignment viewer

* assembly
        ?

* structure analysis
        structure viewer
        structure editor
        structure quantitation
        molecular dynamics simulations

* biological databases
        biological database comparisons
        database querying

* networking and connectivity

* programming language extensions
        C/C++
        Python
        Perl
        Java
        FORTRAN
        Lisp
        Ruby
        Tcl/Tk


Cheers.
Jeff