ABSTRACT
Algorithms, tools, and databases for biomolecular research
are developed by different groups, in different contexts,
using different technologies. In this way the community
offers a wide range of different resources, which seems to
be extremely advantageous at the first glance. However,
the drawbacks of the highly distributed and heterogeneous
nature of these resources become apparent when it comes
to integration within programmatic environments. The
“Public Resources” section gives an overview of com-
monly known, programmatically accessible tools and
data repositories in the field of molecular biology. The
“Service Registries” section describes some bioinfor-
matics service registries that aim to collect services,
equip them with helpful metainformation, and provide
homogeneous ways of access.
