From owner-www@net.bio.net Sun Dec 04 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: murase@doc.medic.mie-u.ac.jp (Sumio Murase) Subject: Announce: From Dec. 7, Internet World Congress on Biomedical Science Message-ID: <3bnme2$11f@net.bio.net> Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: Mie University Date: Fri, 2 Dec 1994 17:44:34 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 30 Invitation to " The 1st Internet World Congress on Biomedical Science '94 in Mie University " On behalf of the congress it is my great pleasure to invite you to the 1st Internet World Congress on Biomedical Science to be held on the World Wide Web server (URL http://www.medic.mie-u.ac.jp/) from December 7 to 17, 1994. We will be very glad if you kindly cite the follwing message on your WWW server. Internet World Congress on Biomedical Scinence '94

Mie University School of Medicine, JAPAN

The world congress is held on WWW server from December 7 to 17, 1994. One hundred and thirty posters of biomedical researches are exhibited at the congress. We are looking forward to receiving your comments on the posters. We will present the CD-ROM proceedings of this congress to good commentators.

Sumio Murase, M.D., Ph.D. Secretariat Internet World Congress on Biomedical Science office@doc.medic.mie-u.ac.jp Mie University School of Medicine Japan From owner-www@net.bio.net Sun Dec 04 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: Jason A Yates Subject: [Q] Imagemap Message-ID: Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: Sophomore, Art, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 01:33:08 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 13 [Note from moderator: A FAQ is available concerning image mapping which can be located at: http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/docs/tutorials/imagemapping.html ] Hello, I am trying to set up a homepage with clickable graphics on a unix system (andrew at carnegie mellon), and I need some help as far as implementing the map. I have already created the graphic and the internal hotspots, but I don't know how to use it properly. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please respond to this account because I usually don't read all the boards. Thanks in advance, Jason From owner-www@net.bio.net Sun Dec 04 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: doelz (Reinhard Doelz) Subject: access to genbank Message-ID: <1994Dec5.085512.18385@comp.bioz.unibas.ch> Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: EMBnet Switzerland [Basel] Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 08:55:12 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 95 [ Article crossposted from bionet.molbio.genbank ] [ Posted on Mon, 5 Dec 1994 08:53:30 GMT ] . (sreflex@usis.com) wrote: : w do i access genbank or any other programs for genetics? There is a major difference in three disciplines, which are basically 'retrieval' => search in the sequence annotation 'searching' => search in the sequence records 'manipulation' => correlate the results obtained above, and manipulate own sequence data The methods which are available for the three disciplines vary and are located in three 'worlds'. Desktop => PC or Mac, nice Graphical User Interface, problems with large data sets and heavy computations Mainframe => Some central institution at your site, includes a local support person mostly, usually OK in CPU and data resources, focus on command-line or X-Windows interface Network => The 'free' servers on the net deliver mostly retrieval and searching, but are generally weak on trivial analysis and manipulation. Data from the net are occasionally difficult to integrate into local (Desktop or Mainframe) environments. Your option to use Desktop products is to go fancy and commercial (for its price, a good solution for well-equipped small sites), or public domain (there is the BIOCAT catalogue, for an example, see http://www.ebi.ac.uk/biocat/biocat.html on the World-Wide Web system). but you will have to install many of the options to get a reasonably complete set. In particular, data updates for commercial products might be a financial problem. Mainframe installations are the optimal solution for medium sites and upper, as central staff takes you off the burden to get everything installed and going. In Europe, the European Molecular Network (EMBnet, see http://www.embnet.unibas.ch/embnet.news/vol1_1/item_9.html for a listing of last summer) will offer services on national basis for their scientists. On Mainframes, you install typically a 'package' and add utilities to it; major commercial products are the widely used 'GCG package' (Genetics Computer Group, Inc.) and 'IG Suite' (Intelli- genetics , Inc.) or public domain ('STADEN' by Roger staden, Cambridge). Obviously, you cannot expect to get the commercial products on FTP servers but hep is available by eMail if you are interested in purchases. Network installations are huge in number (See Keith's list at http://golgi.harvard.edu/biopages.html), and grow permanently, there- fore it might be difficult for you to follow the developments- described in the bionet.software.www newsgroup (a on-line WWW archive is maintained in http://www.ch.embnet.org/bio-www/info.html). There are four main methods currently to access network resources: WWW "World Wide Web" is the famous network access protocol of today. Based on the idea that you can link texts by attaching 'links' to individual words, paragraphs, images etc. the appearance to the user is quite appealing. Best run with 'graphic' browsers on Workstations or PC/Mac connected to the internet, but 'text-mode' browsers are available on many mainframe installations. The WWW allows very sphisticated searches of the annotation of databases - to give an example, there are many servers now on the network which offer the Sequence Retrieval system (SRS) by T.Etzold on WWW (check out the current global status at http://www.ch.embnet.org/srs/index.html). There are too many others to mention, see Keith's list as mentioned above for details. GOPHER is still a working horse for many and is currently supported by some sites. Similar to WWW, GOPHER is much less demanding in network resources and offers trivial search facilities as well, but lacks mostly the ability to no multi-parameter input. ELECTRONIC MAIL is useful if this is the only access to electronic networks for you. There are many services which are currently only available on electronic Mail. Amos Bairoch has produced a list of servers, the file is called 'serv_ema.txt' and available on ftp://nic.switch.ch:/mirror/embnet-ch/info/MORE_INFO_ON_VARIOUS_ISSUES including lots of other issues. SPECIAL-PURPOSE protocols gain growing importance as the dedicated question might require more sophisticated information exchange than the pre- viously listed approaches allow. The US leader in the field is the NCBI with a sepcial service for BLAST and ENTREZ; the first being for sequence searching, the latter for retrieval (also referenced as 'network blast' and 'netentrez'). More information for WWW users on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ .Our site has contributed the Hierarchical Access System for Sequence Libraries in Europe (HASSLE), which is a new protocol for various services and has built-in fault tolerance and resource discovery. You might want to look up the following URL: http://beta.embnet.unibas.ch/basel/science/info.html (overview). Maybe this helps Regards Reinhard -- R.Doelz Klingelbergstr.70| Tel. x41 61 267 2247 Fax x41 61 267 2078| Biocomputing CH 4056 Basel| electronic Mail doelz@ubaclu.unibas.ch| Biozentrum der Universitaet Basel|-------------- Switzerland ---------------| EMBnet Switzerland:info@ch.embnet.org From owner-www@net.bio.net Sun Dec 04 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: Matthew Edward Pollack Subject: [Q] Mosaic on a Unix Shell?? Message-ID: Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: uva Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 07:13:38 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 19 I have been using Mosaic and Netscape for some time now but was wondering if it is posible to use either such browser without a direct line or SLIP/PPP connection? There is a program out there called SLIPKNOT that is a browser designed for use in such a manner, but I'm almost sure that I read an article somewhere recently that said that there is a way to use Mosaic, etc. without the afforementioned connections. Any info that can be passed along to me is greatly appreciated, either to this newsgoup or directly to me at mep8y@virginia.edu Thanks in advance:) Matthew Pollack mep8y@virginia.edu -- ________________________________ Matthew E. Pollack mep8y@virginia.edu http://darwin.clas.virginia.edu/~mep8y/ From owner-www@net.bio.net Sun Dec 04 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: kstar@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Kurt D. Starsinic) Subject: WWW> The Franklin Institute Science Museum Message-ID: <3bnmfq$158@net.bio.net> Summary: The Franklin Institute Virtual Science Museum Opens Its Doors Keywords: science, museum, Franklin Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: Temple University, Academic Computer Services Date: Fri, 2 Dec 1994 17:45:30 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 25 The Franklin Institute Virtual Science Museum Opens Its Doors The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, invites you to explore our World Wide Web server. The "Virtual Science Museum" offers visitors a host of resources for science education as well as general information about the museum and its programs. Be sure to visit our "virtual exhibits" about Ben Franklin and The Heart. These multimedia presentations support learning through inquiry-based exploration. The doors of wisdom are always open at http://sln.fi.edu -- *---------------------------------------*--------------------------------* | Kurt D. Starsinic (kstar@fi.edu) | Information Systems Specialist | | The Franklin Institute Science Museum | * Science Learning Network * | | 222 N. 20th St. | Office (215) 448-1236 | | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-1194 | Fax (215) 448-1219 | *---------------------------------------*--------------------------------* | "I have nothing to say and I am saying it | | and that is poetry." -- John Cage | *---------------------------------------*--------------------------------* | The Franklin Institute's home page: http://sln.fi.edu/ | *---------------------------------------*--------------------------------* From owner-www@net.bio.net Tue Dec 06 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: phil@beangenes.cws.ndsu.nodak.edu (Philip Mcclean) Subject: [Q] WWW Series Message-ID: Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 14:52:18 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 11 [Note from the moderator: the parts written so far are accessible via ftp and http: nic.switch.ch/mirror/embnet-ch/archive_data/***_version.txt http://www.ch.embnet.org/bio-www/teaching.html] Where can I find all of the parts of the WWW Introduction series? Phil McClean mcclean@plains.nodak.edu From owner-www@net.bio.net Tue Dec 06 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: doelz (Reinhard Doelz) Subject: Re: [Q] General Mosaic questions Message-ID: <1994Dec6.170130.5333@comp.bioz.unibas.ch> Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: EMBnet Switzerland [Basel] Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 17:01:30 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 17 Dear colleagues, Please restrict the posting focus on biology-related matters. We greatly appreciate the discussion on biology-related applications of the World Wide Web system but this newsgroup is neither intended nor desired to become a competitor to any of the WWW newsgroups in comp.infosystems.www, rather a complement for biologists. Regards Reinhard Doelz EMBnet Switzerland -- R.Doelz Klingelbergstr.70| Tel. x41 61 267 2247 Fax x41 61 267 2078| Biocomputing CH 4056 Basel| electronic Mail doelz@ubaclu.unibas.ch| Biozentrum der Universitaet Basel|-------------- Switzerland ---------------| EMBnet Switzerland:info@ch.embnet.org From owner-www@net.bio.net Tue Dec 06 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: mferguso@klab.AgSci.ColoState.EDU (Martin Ferguson) Subject: Aedes aegypti acedb server Message-ID: <9412062256.AA01078@klab> Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: EMBnet Switzerland [Basel] Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 08:56:48 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 62 ********************* Announcment ***************************** Mosquito Genomics WWW Server URL http://klab.agsci.colostate.edu/ ********************* Announcment ***************************** This server is under continuing construction. The Mosquito Genomics WWW Server provides access to mosquito genomics and links to other genomics WWW servers, to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, and to other WWW servers around the world. Mosquito Genomics Aedes aegypti Anopheles gambiae Aedes aegypti Genome Database (AaeDB) About AaeDB: The purpose of this database is to collate both the genetic and physical chromosome mapping data available for the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The information therein is made available to the Internet community through this World Wide Web (WWW) Server. The database is running on ACeDB v3.0, a relational database developed by the C. elegans community. The nph-acedb software is being used as the gateway to our WWW server. You may browse or query the database, but you will need a Mosaic reader (X version 2 or higher) that is capable of forms fill in and spawning external viewers such as ghostview for full functionality. This work and WWW are sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation Researcg Network on the Biology of Parasite Vectors, National Institutues of Health - National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and others. About the AaeDB Curators: The Aedes aegypti database is maintained in the laboratory of Dennis Knudson, Department of Entomology at Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, USA 80523. This lab is member of CSU's Arthropod-borne Infectious Disease Laboratory (AIDL), a MacArthur Foundation Network on the Biology of Parasite Vectors member. In due course, the AIDL faculty will be found by clicking here. The database curators are Dennis Knudson and Martin Ferguson. Who can be reached via e-mail at aaedbmgr@klab.AgSci.ColoState.EDU. In addition, Dave Severson (dave@aedes.VetSci.Wisc.EDU) is a co-curator of the genetic mapping data. This WWW server is maintained by Dennis L. Knudson (dknudson@klab.AgSci.ColoState.EDU) ----- End Included Message ----- From owner-www@net.bio.net Fri Dec 09 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.www,bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: richard@win.tue.nl (Richard Braeken) Subject: [Q] How to do Backspace --> Mosaic Message-ID: <3caj2s$74d@wswiop12.win.tue.nl> Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 21:43:56 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 50 Hello, I've got a problem with Mosaic. My backspace doesn't work. In the help-files I found the following solution: _______________________________________________________________________ Something Doesn't Work Right Why doesn't backspace/delete work in NCSA Mosaic's text entry fields? Because the Motif text widgets expect keysyms named osfBackspace and osfDelete to exist, and this probably isn't the case on your system. There is a two-stage solution to this: Plop a copy of XKeysymDB in /usr/lib/X11. Override the translations for the Motif Text and TextField fields to provide backspace functionality, by putting the following lines in your .Xdefaults file: *XmText.translations: #override\n\ osfDelete: delete-previous-character() *XmTextField.translations: #override\n\ osfDelete: delete-previous-character() Please note that these problems are endemic to Motif and are not limited to NCSA Mosaic in particular. (In other words, it's just not our fault.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The file exist now in that directory and I've put the lines in my .Xdefaults file, but it has no effect. Could someone help me? Richard. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Braeken Centre for Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship University of Toronto ----------------------------------------------- tel: (416) 978-7809 | Home address: | fax: (416) 978-3877 | 4 Devonshire Place, M5S 2E1 Toronto, Canada | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Everybody is somebody else's weirdo. -- Dykstra ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-www@net.bio.net Sun Dec 11 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland Subject: Re: [Q] Mosaic on a Unix Shell?? Message-ID: <1994Dec10.080422.27210@comp.bioz.unibas.ch> Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: EMBnet Switzerland [Basel] Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 08:04:22 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 117 Matthew Edward Pollack (mep8y@darwin.clas.virginia.edu) wrote: : I have been using Mosaic and XXXXXXXX for some time now but was : wondering if it is posible to use either such browser without a : direct line or SLIP/PPP connection? There is a program out : there called XXXXXXXX that is a browser designed for use in : such a manner, but I'm almost sure that I read an article : somewhere recently that said that there is a way to use Mosaic, : etc. without the afforementioned connections. Any info that : can be passed along to me is greatly appreciated, either to : this newsgoup or directly to me at mep8y@virginia.edu : Thanks in advance:) Dear colleagues, messages like the one above shall adhere to a format which was not entirely followed this time. In this case, the replies to the message were in fact violating BIOSCI rules. All of them were mentioning the same source as possible answer, on the WWW page http://marketplace.com/tia/tiahome.html . Some of the posters did actively market the information, and *none* of the posters did include a disclaimer indicating that the intention of the reply is informational and that there is no direct relation of the poster to the company or product of the company. In order to have postings distributed which do relate to commercial WWW servers or products advertised therein, it is imperative that the following guidelines are strictly followed. If you post questions relating to commercial products, please make sure that you do include the disclaimer, as well as while posting an answer. Regards Reinhard Doelz Chris Wadley ============================================================================ The guidelines of the BIOSCI system state the following with respect to commercial postings: [...] |> Commercial activities on BIOSCI are in general prohibited except as |> noted below. People at for-profit organizations are free to read all |> postings made to the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups, but must ensure that |> their postings to the newsgroups do not violate our guidelines. |> [...] |> BIOSCI readers without any financial connections to a company or a |> product may discuss and/or post endorsements of a commercial product. |> However, it is standard Internet practice to include in the posting a |> disclaimer of any financial interest in the product/company. Note |> that postings to newsgroups are subject to libel laws. BIOSCI advises |> readers to think twice before taking potshots at products that they do |> not like. |> |> BIOSCI users often post general questions about problems that might be |> solved through the use of a commercial product. It is EXTREMELY |> IMPORTANT, however, that such general questions *not* be answered by |> people affiliated with the product or company that might stand to gain |> a sale as a result. For example, user X may ask, "Is there a product |> that will allow me to separate protein A from protein B given the |> following properties ...?", but, if user Y works at company Z which |> sells a product that can accomplish this task, user Y does *NOT* have |> permission to respond to the question. Responses can only be posted |> by other scientists who might have experience in solving the problem |> in question and who do not stand to gain financially by promoting the |> product in question, i.e., they are not employees, consultants, or |> connected to the company via other financial ties. As noted above, |> postings endorsing commercial products should contain a customary |> disclaimer stating the absence of financial ties of the poster to the |> product/company. |> |> Commercial companies MAY RESPOND to a public BIOSCI newsgroup if a |> BIOSCI user asks a question directly about one of their products, |> e.g., mentions it by name. The response should be limited to a |> factual answer of the question posed and should avoid any hint of |> advertising hype. 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From owner-www@net.bio.net Mon Dec 12 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: moderator@bioz.embnet.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Subject: [PERIODIC] CHARTER OF THIS NEWSGROUP Message-ID: <1994Dec10.071410.26427@comp.bioz.unibas.ch> Keywords: Charter, bionet.software.www, WWW server, mail list Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: EMBnet Switzerland [Basel] Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 07:14:10 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 80 USENET name: bionet.software.www ============================================== Mailing list name: BIO-WWW e-mail addresses: bio-www@net.bio.net (US) bio-www@daresbury.ac.uk (UK) Moderator: EMBnet Switzerland; email: moderator@bio-www.ch.embnet.org Purpose ======= Announce, and inform on, new achievements on information servers, archives and resources which offer data and/or services in the biology,medicine or related area which can be accessed via electronic networked information retrieval software. Proposals and discussions of these with respect to new strategies and tools, as well as links to contributions dealing with issues of performance and quality of networked information in Biology shall inform and invite to participate. Status ====== moderated, but not restricted or censored. Moderator: EMBnet Switzerland, mail address moderator@bio-www.ch.embnet.org Achievements are exposed on a WWW server simultaneously. The URL is http://www.ch.embnet.org/bio-www/info.html The intention of moderation is to o (a) ensure quality, resp. relevance of postings and o (b) compose a common format which is intended to server as URL depository where appropriate. ******************************************** CHARTER OF THE NEWSGROUP BIONET.SOFTWARE.WWW ******************************************** New Servers and Services offered on the Internet which can be accessed using the World Wide Web and tools associated to the browser, or similar tools which have a similar versatility, shall get a non-WWW, non- information tool forum which bridges the gap between application and information issues without the need to install or use the protocol in question. New and established servers shall have a medium to announce improvements and new achievements to the community on NEWS and eMail transports. The Newsgroup 'jewels' will be made available on a WWW server as well, and include links to other documents, which are located at the poster's site in order to overcome the maintenance issue. Sites running GOPHER, WAIS, FTP or other servers covered by the possibility to be accessed via electronic networks using publicly available 'clients' or 'browsers' servers are invited to supplement their information. Exclusion : General issues on accompanying software problems shall be placed in bionet.software or suitable software-specific newsgroups in the comp.infosystems hierarchy.Established WWW, GOPHER, or other meta-indices shall not be competed.Specific items on the non-biology related technical side of the server software are not intended to be discussed. The news- group shall not be used for large papers and discussions, as the posting of the link to the own server would be sufficient. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) ================================= Periodic (eg, quarterly) postings of a 'biological' networked information FAQ is intended. This shall summarize the discussion and reconfirm announced links (quality control). From owner-www@net.bio.net Mon Dec 12 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: Margarete Tubby Subject: [Q] guest access to HASSLE Message-ID: <941209150935@www.ma.is.chbs> Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: EMBnet Switzerland [Basel] Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 15:09:35 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 12 I've tried to get access to HASSLE using the information provided here, but failed. I tried 2 or 3 of the suggested hosts and various combinations of the suggested account name GUEST DEMO, lower case and upper case, with(out) underline, in various combinations as account name and pass word, but always got the 'login incorrect message'.How DO I get to look at the thing? Thanks in advance for suggestions Margarete Tubby i Sent by: the WWW suggestion program @EMBnet Switzerland (info@ch.embnet.org) Signed: Margarete Tubby Date: Dec 9 1994 at 15:09:35 GMT. From owner-www@net.bio.net Mon Dec 12 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: akiyama@mbigw.uucp (Akiyama Yutaka) Subject: New Version of the GenomeNet WWW Server Message-ID: Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 09:23:29 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 47 New Version of the GenomeNet WWW Server The Japanese GenomeNet WWW server (http://www.genome.ad.jp) now offers the following new capabilities: 1. LinkDB database for DBGET The DBGET integrated database system provides flat-file views of a number of databases including literature (Medline, LITDB), genome maps (GDB), nucleotide sequences (GenBank, EMBL), amino acid sequences (PIR, SwissProt, PRF), 3-D structures (PDB, PDBSTR), protein sequence motifs (Prosite), enzyme reaction (LIGAND), amino acid mutations (PMD), amino acid indices (AA-Index), and genetic diseases (OMIM). Once an entry is retrieved, the user can retrieve related entries by simply clicking on marked cross-references which are usually provided by original databases. Now, when the user clicks on the identifier of the entry, a list of all linked entries stored in our daily-updated LinkDB database is given, which greatly facilitates identification of related entries. LinkDB contains not only the original links but also reverse links and indirect links derived from multiple links. 2. Sequence Interpretation Tools The MOTIF and BLAST programs that have been serviced as e-mail servers are now accessible in the WWW server under the new category of sequence interpretation tools. The postscript drawing of MOTIF can be viewed with a proper viewer, and the entries found by BLAST can be connected to DBGET for further analysis. Also in this category is a new tool called PSORT for prediction of protein localization sites in a cell. The PSORT server is maintained by Kenta Nakai of the National Institute of Basic Biology in Okazaki, Japan. 3. Introduction to the Japanese Human Genome Program The document describing the Human Genome Program of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan and the list of investigators involved are given. -- Yutaka Akiyama (akiyama@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp) Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611, JAPAN From owner-www@net.bio.net Mon Dec 12 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: Gabriel_Meister@Postoffice.Brown.EDU Subject: WWW> TB/HIV Research Laboratory at Brown University Message-ID: <1994Dec10.172454.6613@comp.bioz.unibas.ch> Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: EMBnet Switzerland [Basel] Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 17:24:54 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 22 [ Article crossposted from bionet.announce ] [ Posted on 10 Dec 1994 06:10:29 -0800 ] Point your web browser to: http://www.brown.edu/Research/TB-HIV_Lab/ The TB/HIV Research Laboratory is dedicated to research into the prevention and treatment of two infectious diseases of global importance - human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB). See our new WWW page for more information on current projects, in the areas of epidemiology, clinical medicine, immunopathogenesis, risk prevention, and molecular biology (including a novel algorithm for predicting T cell epitopes from protein primary structure). For more information, contact Gabriel_Meister@Postoffice.Brown.EDU Thanks! From owner-www@net.bio.net Mon Dec 12 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: troyer@cgl.ucsf.EDU (John M. Troyer) Subject: ANNOUNCE: Pharmaceutical Chemistry WWW, U California San Francisco Message-ID: Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: UCSF Computer Graphics Lab Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 02:21:47 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 40 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco The graduate program in Pharmaceutical Chemistry represents one of the largest academic research centers concerned with drug discovery, development, and application. The goal of the program is to continue to set the standard for excellence in education and research in pharmaceutical chemistry and experimental therapeutics. Research groups in the program apply physical, chemical, biological, pharmacological, and toxicological principles to the design, delivery, and application of drugs and biomolecules, leading to novel therapies. WWW Servers are available for The Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry http://www.pharm.ucsf.edu/ The Computer Graphics Laboratory (MidasPlus molecular graphics software) http://cgl.ucsf.edu/cgl/ The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory (MARDIGRAS, CORMA, Sparky NMR software) http://picasso.ucsf.edu/ The Molecular Design Institute http://mdi.ucsf.edu/ Fred Cohen group (protein modeling, drug design) http://www.cmpharm.ucsf.edu/ Peter Kollman group (AMBER molecular dynamics software) http://www.amber.ucsf.edu/ Tack Kuntz group (DOCK ligand docking software) http://www.cmpharm.ucsf.edu/kuntz/kuntz.html From owner-www@net.bio.net Mon Dec 12 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: jan@ultr5.vub.ac.be (DeJean) Subject: Announce: IMOL WWW Page Message-ID: <3ch19u$aub@imol2.vub.ac.be> Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: Instituut voor Moleculaire Biologie en Biotechnologie - VUB Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 08:23:25 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 15 The "Instituut voor Moleculaire Biologie en Biotechnologie" announces its WWW pages. The institute is a research centre of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel which concentrates on molecular biology and biotechnology. On this WWW page, you will get an overview of the different departments and a brief description of their research subjects. You can access the institute from http://www.vub.ac.be/IMOL/IMOL.html. -- ****************************************************************************** DeJean Vrije Universiteit Brussel Belgium Instituut voor Moleculaire Biologie en Biotechnologie http://www.vub.ac.be/IMOL/IMOL.html From owner-www@net.bio.net Mon Dec 12 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: "R.Doelz,Biocomputing Basel;+41 61 267 22 47" Subject: Re: [Q] guest access to HASSLE Message-ID: <01HKL9NLIWUQ8Y61V0@ubaclu.unibas.ch> Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: University of Basel, Switzerland Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 08:45:22 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 34 In article <941209150935@www.ma.is.chbs>, Margarete Tubby writes: > I've tried to get access to HASSLE using the information provided here, but failed. > I tried 2 or 3 of the suggested hosts and various combinations of the suggested account > name GUEST DEMO, lower case and upper case, with(out) underline, in various combinations > as account name and pass word, but always got the 'login incorrect message'.How DO I get > to look at the thing? The Hierarchical Access System for Sequence Libraies in Europe does not use the WWW protocol. HASSLE is a protocol by itself, and, consequently, requires the use of a client which can speak this protocol. HASSLE is available freely by anonymous ftp, bioftp.unibas.ch in the bioftp-sw/hassle directory. The purpose and benefit of some aspects of HASSLE are described in some publications, including the URL at http://beta.embnet.unibas.ch/basel/science/servers.html#hassle Regards Reinhard Doelz R.Doelz Klingelbergstr.70| Tel. x41 61 267 2247 Fax x41 61 267 2078| Biocomputing CH 4056 Basel| electronic Mail doelz@ubaclu.unibas.ch| Biozentrum der Universitaet Basel|-------------- Switzerland ---------------| EMBnet Switzerland:info@ch.embnet.org From owner-www@net.bio.net Mon Dec 12 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: amell@university-press.cambridge.ac.uk (Andy Mell) Subject: ANNOUNCE: Physiology Online WWW Server Message-ID: <3chjou$ifv@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> Keywords: Physiology, WWW, Web, Physiological Society Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: University of Cambridge, England Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 13:38:38 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 40 The Physiological Society now provides a free networked information service on the World Wide Web, which members and other interested parties are invited to make use of. The information provided consists of: o Lists of grants available to members and others. o Details and ordering information for Books, Monographs and Study guides published by the Society. o Noticeboard with details of forthcoming meetings and other announcements of general interest to physiologists. o Up to date Full Notice to Contributors for the journals produced by the Society - The Journal of Physiology and Experimental Physiology. o Online searching of up to date indexes for journals: The Journal of Physiology (1985 onwards) Experimental Physiology (1981 onwards) Proceedings of the Physiological Society (1988 onwards) o You may search the journals of your choice for papers or abstracts using an author's name, specific keywords, words in the title, volume, or using more complex criteria and retrieve a full reference for that item. o A collection of other useful online information sources which have a special relevance to physiology The URL is: http://physiology.cup.cam.ac.uk/ If you have problems accessing the service then please send email to amell@cup.cam.ac.uk with a description of the problem. -------- The Physiological Society, PO Box 506, Oxford OX1 3XE, United Kingdom. Tel +44-865-798498, Fax +44-865-798092. From owner-www@net.bio.net Tue Dec 13 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: amueller@ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Armin Mueller) Subject: Re: [Q] Mosaic on a Unix Shell?? Message-ID: <3cljvr$ph0@sun2.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: Rechenzentrum der Universitaet Freiburg, Germany Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 02:06:51 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 27 Matthew Edward Pollack (mep8y@darwin.clas.virginia.edu) wrote: [...] : I have been using Mosaic and XXXXXX for some time now but was : wondering if it is posible to use either such browser without a : direct line or SLIP/PPP connection? [...] You may try term. Its a program which simulats a TCPIP connection It should be available for several Unixes on all bigger ftp-sites. armin -- ____________________________________________________________ | || | | Armin Mueller || | | Inst.f.Mikrobiologie || ONE PLANET, | | Universitaet Freiburg || ONE PEOPLE PLEASE | | Schaenzlestr.1 || | | D-79102 Freiburg/Germany || | |____________________________||____________________________| | | | e-mail: amueller@sun2.ruf.uni-freiburg.de | | http://www.biologie.uni-freiburg.de/~amueller/armin.html | ____________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------ From owner-www@net.bio.net Tue Dec 13 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: eggenber (Florian Eggenberger) Subject: WWW Introduction: Part 15 Message-ID: <1994Dec13.132724.29259@comp.bioz.unibas.ch> Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: EMBnet Switzerland [Basel] Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 13:27:24 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 120 World-Wide Web Introduction for Biologists

WWW INTRODUCTION

PART 15: Exploring the Web

This is the fifteenth part of a series of postings describing the concept of the World-Wide Web and guiding anyone who is interested in obtaining and setting up the software required to access the Web. Previous parts of this introduction have been posted to the newsgroups bionet.www.software and unibas.seminars . Both an english and a spanish version, contributed by Pablo Liendo, Venezuela can be accessed via the archive of the newsgroup bionet.www.software, a newsgroup/WWW server maintained by Reinhard Doelz and Christopher Wadley.

The Internet provides a vast array of information but there is no easy way to access this information if you don't know where to search for it. This document is intended to give you some starting points for an exploration of resources currently available on the Web.

Information about the Internet can be retrieved from the InterNIC WWW server. Services that provide pointers to Internet resources of general interest include the World-Wide Web Virtual Library , the Internet Resources Meta-Index , Joel's Hierachical Subject Index , and the Nova-Links.

A List of WWW services for biologists is maintained by Keith Robinson at Harvard University. BioServers including interactive interfaces to database search servers can be accessed via BioSCAN . Reinhard Doelz's European Biology Gopher tree and Don Gilbert's IUBio Archive provide links to biology-specific gopher services.

Molecular Biologists might be interested in the information accessible via the Bioinformatics Web server at Johns Hopkins University, the ExPASy WWW server in Geneva, and the WWW services of the European Molecular Biology Network, EMBnet. A survey of molecular biology databases and servers is provided by Randall F. Smith. Further biology relevant services including Biocomputing courses, the Biocomputing Survival Guide and an on-line version of the EMBnet Newsletter is available at the WWW site of EMBnet Switzerland , maintained by Reinhard Doelz. Pointers to other on-line journals and periodicals in Biology and Medicine are provided by Keith Robinson.

Guides and Tutorials available on the Web include:

As the Web is expanding so rapidly, the articles found in the newsgroups bionet.announce , bionet.software.www and comp.infosystems.www.users should be read to stay up do date.

Florian Eggenberger

EMBnet Switzerland, Biozentrum, Basel University

CH-4056 Basel, SWITZERLAND

From owner-www@net.bio.net Tue Dec 13 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: MURIANAP@foodsci.purdue.edu (Pete Muriana) Subject: [Q] NCSA Mosaic will not "print" Message-ID: Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: FOOD SCIENCE DEPT./PURDUE UNIVERSITY Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 09:45:09 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 13 The NCSA Mosaic we are running has a "print" function which unfortunately says that "this option is not yet implemented". Is this just with ours or are there versions that have a functional "print" parameter? Regards, Peter ********************************************************************** * Peter M. Muriana, Ph.D. 317-494-8284 TEL * * Dept. of Food Science 317-494-7953 FAX * * Purdue University murianap@foodsci.purdue.edu * * Smith Hall * * W. Lafayette, IN 47907-1160 * ********************************************************************** From owner-www@net.bio.net Thu Dec 15 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: westbam@uni-paderborn.de Subject: [Q] OS/2_WWW_SERVER Message-ID: <3cpcvf$85j@news.uni-paderborn.de> Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: WI2 - Uni-Paderborn, Germany Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 12:31:43 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 20 Hello users! We, the people at WI2, University of Paderborn, are setting up a WWW-server. The main structure is already finished, but we have some probs/tourble in finding OS/2 mail-tools (we want the www-user to fill out a form in the html-document, that is directly send to a specified address (us)). So we need your help concerning the following topics (remember OS/2!): - mail file structure - general infos - sendmail scripts (cgi) for WWW-server - OS/2 Mail-server tools Please mail your answers to westbam@uni-paderborn.de Thank you very much in advance, Martin From owner-www@net.bio.net Thu Dec 15 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: "Reinhard Doelz, Biocomputing Basel" Subject: Re: NCSA Mosaic will not "print" (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: EMBnet Switzerland [Basel] Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 18:04:13 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 60 [Note from moderator, we also received another answer which is appended] On Wed, 14 Dec 1994, Pete M. Muriana wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Dec 1994, Pete M. Muriana wrote: [...] > > > We are running NCSA Mosaic v. 2.0 alpha for Windows. [...] > > On Wed, 14 Dec 1994, Reinhard Doelz wrote: [...] > > The current is 2.0 alpha 7. The rightmost item in the menu bar > > (HELP) has a pull-down called 'HELP' which will have an 'About' > > item, explaining _which_ of the Mosaic versions you have. > On Wed, 14 Dec 1994, Pete M. Muriana wrote: > Oops! We have Mosaic 2.0 alpha 2. You are encouraged to upgrade your Mosaic version. Please refer to F.Eggenberger's introduction at http://www.ch.embnet.org/bio-www/archive/florianW3_4.html#part8 in order to install the new version. Mosaic prints fine in this version. Regards Reinhard R.Doelz Klingelbergstr.70| Tel. x41 61 267 2247 Fax x41 61 267 2078| Biocomputing CH 4056 Basel| electronic Mail doelz@ubaclu.unibas.ch| Biozentrum der Universitaet Basel|-------------- Switzerland ---------------| EMBnet Switzerland:info@ch.embnet.org [...appended message...] From: heino.prinz@mpi-dortmund.mpg.de (Heino Prinz) Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Subject: Re: [Q] NCSA Mosaic will not "print" Date: 15 Dec 1994 17:11:19 GMT Organization: Max-Planck-Institut Dortmund Message-Id: <3cptbn$1jd@gwdu19.gwdg.de> Distribution: world Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch In article , MURIANAP@foodsci.purdue.ed u (Pete Muriana) says: > >The NCSA Mosaic we are running has a "print" function which unfortunately says >that "this option is not yet implemented". Is this just with ours or are >there versions that have a functional "print" parameter? Hallo Peter, At least Mosaic version alpha 7 will allow you to print. But you will have to make sure that you really install the new windows 32s, which can also be obtained from the Mosaic people Have fun! Heino From owner-www@net.bio.net Thu Dec 15 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: zorer@edvz.sbg.ac.at (Roberto Zorer) Subject: Third IAL Symposium: preliminary announcement Message-ID: Keywords: International Association for Lichenology (IAL), Lichen Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: University of Salzburg / Austria Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 10:48:56 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 73 Third IAL Symposium: preliminary announcement (online WWW - Informations: http://www.edvz.sbg.ac.at/pfl/ial3/prelimi.htm) Third IAL Symposium - IAL3: preliminary announcement Progress and Problems in Lichenology in the Nineties (Salzburg, Austria 1 - 7 September 1996) Preliminary announcement Arranged by the Intitute of Plant Physiology, University of Salzburg and the International Association for Lichenology Organisation I. Kdrnefelt, President R. T|rk, Secretary Local organizing Committee and Advisory Board O. Breuss, G. Gdrtner, J. Hafellner, H. Mayrhofer, E. Stocker-Wvrgvtter, J. \blagger General Information The third international meeting arranged by the IAL and the Insitute of Plant Physiology of the University of Salzburg will be held from 1st to 7th September 1996 at the University of Salzburg, Faculty of Natural Sciences. This symposium continues the series of international meetings on lichen biology which started at Berlin 1969. It is open to any person interested in lichenized fungi or working in fields such as morphology, physiology, ecology, chemistry and systematics o Preliminary Announcement and Second Circular If you are interested in receiving further information on the symposium please return the attached preliminary reply form before 31 st of January 1995. The second circular will be distributed during May 1995. Language The language at the Congress will be English. Scientific Programme The symposium will include oral contributions and poster sessions. It is planed to avoid simultaneous sessions. The preliminary scientific programme includes nine different sections: A. Systematics B. Morphology C. Ecology D. Chemistry E. Changes of Environment and Conservation F. Resynthesis and Coltivation G. Lichens of High Mountains H. Photobionts I. Lichens in the Tropics Scientific Sessions An estimated 20 minutes, comprising a 15 minutes lecture and a 5 minutes discussion will be allowed for each lecture. Contributed Papers Contributed papers may be accepted either as lectures or as posters depending on the decision of the convenors. Travel and Accomodations Salzburg can be reached by train and by air. There is the possibility to arrive by air in Vienna (Austria) or in Munich (Germany) and take the regional train to Salzburg. All the symposium partecipants can be offered hotel accomodation in modern student dormitories wich are used as hotel during summer time for a reasonable price. Camping accomodation is also available Congress Fee The Congress Fee will be estimated at 2.200.-- ATS (approximately equal to 220.-- $) for full members and 1.100.-- ATS for students. Excursions Four different excursions are offered before and after the Congress. Details will be presented in the second circular. Correspondence All correspondence and inquiries should be adressed to the scientific secretariat: Dr. Roman T|rk University of Salzburg, Institute of Plant Physiology Hellbrunnerstr. 34 A - 5020 Salzburg, Austria Telephone Nat.: 0662 8044 5588; 0662 8044 5559 Telephone Int.: +43 662 8044 5588; +43 662 8044 5559 Fax: +43 662 8044 5010 E-mail: tuerk@edvz.sbg.ac.at From owner-www@net.bio.net Sun Dec 18 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: eggenber (Florian Eggenberger) Subject: WWW Introduction: Part 16 Message-ID: <1994Dec19.141444.27208@comp.bioz.unibas.ch> Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: EMBnet Switzerland [Basel] Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 14:14:44 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 98 World-Wide Web Introduction for Biologists

WWW INTRODUCTION

PART 16: What is HTML

This is the sixteenth part of a series of postings describing the concept of the World-Wide Web and guiding anyone who is interested in obtaining and setting up the software required to access the Web.

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is the standard language WWW documents are written in. Currently, three different levels of standardization exist. HTML level 1 is the initial specification supported by all WWW browsers. HTML level 2 is a superset of level 1 that includes forms for user input. Additional features such as tables, figures and mathematical equations are included in HTML level 3 which, however, is still being developed.

HTML documents are plain text files composed of elements that start with a tag followed by the content of the element. The end of the element is marked with an ending tag. The tags contain information about properties of the whole document, about the format of the document and about hypertext links to other objects available on the Web. Some elements have neither content nor ending tags. Such elements are called empty.

The format of non-empty elements is: 

<TAG> content </TAG>
HTML is case-insensitive: "<TAG>" is equivalent to "<tag>" or "<TaG>". Spaces, tabs, and carriage returns are not significant in HTML. WWW browser ignore any carriage return and multiple spaces are collapsed into a single space unless the "<PRE>" tag has previously been used (see below).

Elements used in HTML include: 

<TITLE> text </TITLE>
  specify title of a document
<Hn> text </Hn>
  specify nth level of heading
  (where n is a number between 1 and 6)
<P>
  mark end of a paragraph
<HR>
  draw a horizontal line
<UL> <LI> first item <LI> second item </UL>
  include an unnumbered list of two items
<OL> <LI> first item <LI> second item </OL>
  include an numbered list of two items
<PRE> text </PRE>
  include preformatted text
  (causes spaces, new lines, and tabs to be significant)
<A HREF = "URL of document to be linked"> linkname </A>
  include link to another document, makes the "linkname"
  the hyperlink to the document to be linked
<IMG SRC = "filename.GIF">
  image to be included in the document
As HTML documents are plain text files you can create your own HTML documents quite easily by any text editor as long as you save the file with the suffix "html" (or "htm" on DOS). If you are going to create a lot of WWW documents, however, you may be interested in producing HTML documents more conveniently by using an HTML editor.

An example of a simple HTML document has been provided in the previous part of this series of postings. If you want to modify this document simply open the document using a WWW browser. Then edit the document's source code, save the changes and reload the document to make your changes effective (how to do this, depends on the browser software and the operation system you have installed on your machine).

For more detailed information on HTML consult the tutorials made available on the Web, such as Peter Flynn's "How to write HTML" and Ian Graham's guide to HTML.

Florian Eggenberger

EMBnet Switzerland, Biozentrum, Basel University

CH-4056 Basel, SWITZERLAND

From owner-www@net.bio.net Sun Dec 18 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: "Reinhard Doelz, Biocomputing Basel" Subject: [FYI] Call for Proposals - Telematics Applications Programme (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: EMBnet Switzerland [Basel] Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 16:23:16 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 43 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 94 15:44:22 +0000 From: P.Kirstein@cs.ucl.ac.uk To: John Martin Cc: wg-all@terena.nl, upturn@terena.nl, ripe@ripe.net, rtdnet-forum@terena.nl, ga@terena.nl, ttc@terena.nl, P.Kirstein@cs.ucl.ac.uk Subject: Call for Proposals - Telematics Applications Programme >(Apologies if you receive this more than once) > >15th December 1994 > >The first TELEMATICS APPLICATIONS Programme Call for Proposals has been >issued today. It is being made available simultaneously on paper, World >Wide Web and via ftp. > >You can access the call via WWW at: > >http://www.terena.nl/telematics/cfp.html > >or you can retrieve the complete 'Proposers Pack' by ftp from: > >ftp://ftp.terena.nl/telematics/proposers-pack-PS.tar.Z (Postscript) >ftp://ftp.terena.nl/telematics/proposers-pack-RTF.tar.Z (RTF) > >The closing date for submission of proposals is the 15th March 1995 but >outline proposals may be submitted before then. Please see the call for >more details. > >Please let me know if there are any problems accessing these documents >but specific queries about the call should be addressed to the European >Commission > >Due to the nature of the documents, an ascii text version is _not_ being >made available. > >Regards, > >John From owner-www@net.bio.net Tue Dec 20 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: rwilliaa@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Mr. R. Williams) Subject: Announce: EUCIB WWW pages Message-ID: <3d90j5$pmf@mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk> Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: UK HGMP Resource Centre Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1994 10:38:29 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 130 The UK Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre announces its WWW pages for the European Collaborative Interspecific Mouse BackCross You can access these pages from http://www.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk/local-data/mbx/Mbx_Homepage.html These pages work best with mosaic or netscape. The Genetic Maps do not display using lynx. A Facility for Mapping the Mouse Genome The Mouse Genome The mouse is a primary model organism for the Human Genome Project and considerable emphasis has been placed on the genetic and physical mapping of the mouse genome worldwide. Comparison of the genetic maps of mouse and human indicate a large number of chromosome regions where the genetic order is conserved. These conserved linkage groups enable us to identify mouse genetic loci which may be homologous to human mutations that cause genetic disease often providing powerful animal models for the disease process. In addition, the ability in the mouse to target new mutations to genes that may be involved in human genetic disease has opened up vital avenues for the exploration of mammalian gene function. The European Collaborative Interspecific Backcross In order to expedite these areas, the mouse genome project has set as one of its primary goals the development of a high resolution (<1cM) genetic map that will form the basis for the construction of a complete physical map of the mouse genome. In Europe, we have begun a European Collaborative project - the European Collaborative Interspecific Backcross (EUCIB) to provide the resources for the high resolution genetic mapping of the mouse genome. This project is being carried out at two centres - the Human Genome Mapping Project (HGMP) Resource Centre, UK and the Pasteur Institute, France. A 1,000 animal interspecific backcross between C57BL/6 and Mus spretus has been completed and DNAs prepared. Each backcross progeny mouse has been scored for 3-4 markers per chromosome completing an anchor map of 70 loci across the mouse genome. A 1,000 animal cross provides a genetic resolution of 0.3cM with 95% confidence. Completion of the anchor map allows the identification of pools of animals recombinant in individual chromosome regions and allows a rapid two-stage hierarchical mapping of new loci. New markers are first analysed through a panel of 40-50 mice in order to identify linkage to a chromosome region. Subsequently, the new marker is analysed through a panel of mice identified as carrying recombinants within that chromosome region. The MBx database. The backcross is supported by a new database - MBx - developed in SYBASE. MBx stores mouse, locus and probe data. It stores all allele data at each chromosome locus for each of the 1,000 backcross progeny. Allele data is presented as a scrollable matrix on screen. When a new marker is analysed through the backcross, MBx provides lod score information to indicate linkage to a chromosome region. Using the computer screen, recombinant mice in this chromosome region can be selected for the second stage of heirarchical screening. In addition, at each stage, MBx will not only calculate the available lod scores for closely linked markers but will also determine genetic order with respect to closely linked markers by minimising the number of recombinants. EUCIB in action EUCIB is a platform for a variety of programmes directed towards the construction of complete genetic and physical maps of the mouse genome. A genetic mapping service for the mouse genome A dedicated user service is provided from the UK HGMP Resource Centre for assignment of both mouse and human probes on the genetic map of the mouse. Filters, or small amounts of DNA for PCR, representing upto 50 random backcross progeny are issued on request and allow detection of linkage to anchor markers and assignment of probes to a particular chromosome interval. Further DNAs from backcross progeny mice recombinant in the relevant genetic interval can be provided for more detailed mapping. A high resolution microsatellite map of the mouse - towards STS YAC contiging of the mouse genome In collaboration with the MIT Genome Centre, US (Dr Eric Lander), the UK Resource Centre is embarking upon a major three year programme to map 3,000 micro satellites on the European Backcross. A similiar number will be mapped in the US using DNAs provided from EUCIB. Microsatellites generated at the MIT Genome Centre are already assigned in a smaller mouse cross to individual chromosome regions and are then being mapped through the relevant backcross progeny from EUCIB that are recombinant in the appropriate interval. The high genetic resolution (0.3cM) provided by the size of the European Backcross will allow the creation of a detailed, ordered STS map of the mouse genome that will strongly underpin efforts towards the complete STS YAC contiging of the mouse genome. Mapping IRS-PCR products on the mouse genome Dr Hans Lehrach, ICRF, UK has instituted a programme of research with EUCIB that involves the fine genetic mapping of a large number of random mouse IRS-PCR products. In additoin, each mapped IRS-PCR product is being screened against two UK mouse YAC libraries (from St Mary's, London and ICRF, London) in porder to integrate the genetic map with the growing physical map. In summary, EUCIB provides an international resource for the high resolution genetic mapping of the whole mouse genome as a prelude to physical mapping using an STS based YAC contig approach. Steve Brown St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London EUCIB home-page From owner-www@net.bio.net Mon Dec 26 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: ajb@s-crim1.dl.ac.uk (Alan Bleasby) Subject: [ANNOUNCE] EMBNET.NEWS Vol.1 No.2 Message-ID: Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: SERC Daresbury Lab, Warrington, U.K. Distribution: bionet Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 11:20:17 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 19 The latest issue of this publication (Volume 1 Nr 2) is now available. It can be read via WWW http://www.embnet.org/embnet.news/ or downloaded via anonymous ftp and then printed bioslave.uio.no pub/embnet.news/embnews2.ps s-ind2.dl.ac.uk pub/embnet.news/embnews2.ps dbmdec5.ulb.ac.be pub/embnet.news/embnews2.ps Enjoy a good read this Christmas! Yours, the embnet.news editorial team Alan Bleasby (EMBnet UK) Reinhard Doelz (EMBnet Switzerland) Robert Herzog (EMBnet Belgium) Andrew Lloyd (EMBnet Ireland) Rodrigo Lopez (EMBnet Norway) From owner-www@net.bio.net Mon Dec 26 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: mookie@physics.ubc.ca (Jeff Matthews) Subject: [Q] CGI Scripts Message-ID: <3da54b$dt1@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: The University of British Columbia Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1994 21:02:03 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 14 I'm trying to get a Web site set up for Radiobiology and I'm trying to work out support for forms. I want to take the form output and append it into a html file that can be accessed. However, I know almost nothing about how to write these scripts? Can anyone help? Thanks J.B. Matthews Medical Biophysics Dept. BC Cancer Research Centre mookie@physics.ubc.ca From owner-www@net.bio.net Tue Dec 27 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!warwick!news.dcs.warwick.ac.uk!hgmp.mrc.ac.uk!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!moderate From: jrassulo@med-med1.bu.edu (John Rassulo) Subject: New Journal - Amyloid - WWW home page Message-ID: <3dpilg$pc2@news.bu.edu> Sender: moderate@comp.bioz.unibas.ch (Bio-WWW moderator @ EMBnet Switzerland) Organization: Boston University Date: Tue, 27 Dec 1994 17:50:57 GMT Approved: bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch Lines: 8 Amyloid, The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigation, is a medical research journal that publishes articles concerning the various amyloid proteins and the diverse diseases termed amyloidosis. Our URL is http://med-med1.bu.edu/amyloid/amyloid.html. For more information please contact the Amyloid Group at amyloid@med-med1.bu.edu