title: Sequence variation database project at the European Bioinformatics Institute.
abstract: The sequence variation project at EBI aims to create a unified resource for browsing and searching sequence differences. Technical advances in reading in new data types and in validating and cross-referencing entries are reported. It is suggested that the hardest problems in unifying mutation databases are related to intellectual property rights. The concept of copylefting is introduced as a potential solution to these.
authors.affiliation: EMBL Outstation, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK. heikki@ebi.ac.uk
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lehväslaiho
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stupka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ashburner
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005060:Europe; D014644:Genetic Variation; D020407:Internet; D009626:Terminology as Topic