*** Serge Gregorio wrote: |Yes. Initially, the code would write to some pre-designed set of |tables. Later, we can let the user design his own database for, say, |holding GenBank DNAs or PDB/mmCIF protein records. Something like: If your looking for a relation schema for sequences then I would recommend supporting BioSQL [1]. A physical model of the schema can be found here [2]. Bioperl, Biopython and Biojava include support for BioSQL. For more information see the associated website [3] and mailing list [4]. _greg [1] http://cvs.open-bio.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/biosql-schema/sql/?cvsroot=biosql [2] http://www.animorphics.net/lifesci/biosql.html [3] http://obda.open-bio.org/ [4] http://obda.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/biosql-l -- Greg Tyrelle (http://www.kinglab.unsw.edu.au/~greg) "Logic only gives man what he needs, magic gives man what he wants" - Tom Robbins