Lopez Rodrigo, Duggan Karyn, Harte Nicola, Kibria Asif
European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK.
Brief Bioinform. 2003 Dec;4(4):332-40. doi: 10.1093/bib/4.4.332.
The European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) provides numerous free-of-charge, publicly available bioinformatics services that can be divided into the following categories: ftp downloads; data submissions processing and biological database production; access to query; analysis and retrieval systems and tools; user support; training and education and industry support through EBI's SME program. These services are all available at the website. It is imperative that EBI's data as well as the tools to analyse it efficiently are made available in a free and unambiguous way to the scientific community. An important part of the EBI's mission is to make this happen in a fast, reliable and efficient manner. This paper serves as a brief introduction to each of these services.
欧洲生物信息学研究所（EBI）提供众多免费的、可公开获取的生物信息学服务，这些服务可分为以下几类：文件传输协议（ftp）下载；数据提交处理与生物数据库制作；查询访问；分析及检索系统与工具；用户支持；培训与教育以及通过EBI的中小企业计划提供行业支持。这些服务均可在该网站获取。至关重要的是，EBI的数据以及高效分析这些数据的工具要以免费且明确无误的方式提供给科学界。EBI使命的一个重要部分就是要以快速、可靠且高效的方式实现这一点。本文旨在对这些服务逐一进行简要介绍。
