[ANN] BioCocoa 1.5
[ANN] BioCocoa 1.5
- Subject: [ANN] BioCocoa 1.5
- From: Peter Schols <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 18:36:48 +0200
BioCocoa: an Objective-C framework for parsing and writing DNA and
protein sequence file formats
The BioCocoa framework provides developers with the opportunity to add
support for reading and writing 10 of the most commonly used file
formats in bioinformatics and phylogenetics. By writing only 3 lines of
code, any Cocoa application can gain support for Clustal, Fasta,
GCG-MSF, GDE, NCBI, NEXUS, PDB, Phylip, PIR and SwissProt files. The
framework is licensed under the GNU-LGPL and is freely available at:
http://bioinformatics.org/biococoa/
Features of BioCocoa include:
- Supports Unix, Windows and Mac line endings for cross-platform
compatibility.
- Reads Clustal, Fasta, GCG-MSF, GDE, NCBI, NEXUS, PDB, Phylip, PIR and
SwissProt files.
- Automatically detects the format of the imported file and invokes the
appropriate import method.
- Presents the user with a save dialog that lets him choose one of the
supported file formats.
- Writes the file to Clustal, Fasta, GCG-MSF, GDE, NEXUS, Phylip or PIR
format based on the user's selection in the save dialog.
- Supports the most common NEXUS tags such as Comments, Taxa,
Characters and Trees but also returns information in application
specific NEXUS blocks
API documentation for BioCocoa is available at:
http://bioinformatics.org/biococoa/docs/
CVS web interface:
http://bioinformatics.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/BioCocoa/
More information at:
http://bioinformatics.org/biococoa/
Anyone interested in using BioCocoa or in contributing to its
development can contact me off-list.
--peter
Peter Schols
Laboratory of Plant Systematics - K.U.Leuven
Kasteelpark Arenberg 31
3001 Leuven
Belgium
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