1 EMBOSS stands for "The European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite"
2 and is a new, free Open Source software analysis package specially
3 developed for the needs of the molecular biology (e.g. EMBnet) user
4 community. The software automatically copes with data in a variety of
5 formats and even allows transparent retrieval of sequence data from
6 the web. Also, as extensive libraries are provided with the package,
7 it is a platform to allow other scientists to develop and release
8 software in true open source spirit. EMBOSS also integrates a
9 range of currently available packages and tools for sequence analysis
10 into a seamless whole.