TGen-EUtils

About TGen-EUtils

TGen-EUtils is a collection of perl modules that provide a simple object-oriented interface to NCBI's Entrez Utilities CGI interface.

The primary documentation for TGen-EUtils is the perl POD documentation within the scripts and modules themselves. modules and scripts of the project in the form of perl POD. The POD in Bio::TGen::EUtils is the primary project diocumentation and should be used as the jumping-off point for anyone looking for information about how to use TGen-EUtils. A full copy of the documentation for all modules and scripts in HTML format is available online. Assuming you are using a unix-based operating system for development, once TGen-EUtils is installed the POD should also be viewable using the standard perldoc and man commands.

An example script using the egquery() and einfo() capabilities from NCBI's Entrez Utilies was written and used to generate a set of webpages that summarize information about the many Entrez Databases. The script is only a few hundred lines long and over 90% of that length is the HTML generation code.

Release Numbers

TGen-EUtils will use the odd-even system to denote development and stable releases. Stable releases will be made periodically and will end in an even digit, for example 0.12, 0.98, 1.06. The current development code will also be periodically copied to the download site and will end in an odd number, for example 0.13, 0.99, 1.07. The download site will contain multiple stable releases but only ever one development release. The HTML documentation on this site will always match the development release available for download.

Copyright and Licensing

TGen-EUtils is copyright 2005 by The Translational Genomics Research Institute. All rights reserved. This License is limited to, and you may use the Software solely for, your own internal and non-commercial use for academic and research purposes. Without limiting the foregoing, you may not use the Software as part of, or in any way in connection with the production, marketing, sale or support of any commercial product or service or for any governmental purposes. For commercial or governmental use, please contact licensing@tgen.org. By installing this Software you are agreeing to the terms of the LICENSE file distributed with this software.

In any work or product derived from the use of this Software, proper attribution of the authors as the source of the software or data must be made. The following URL should be cited:

http://bioinformatics.tgen.org/software/tgen-eutils/