title: MetaBasis: a web-based database containing metadata on software tools and databases in the field of bioinformatics.
abstract: We have developed an integrated web-based relational database information system, which offers an extensive search functionality of validated entries containing available bioinformatics computing resources. This system, called MetaBasis, aims to provide the bioinformatics community, and especially newcomers to the field, with easy access to reliable bioinformatics databases and tools. MetaBasis is focused on non-commercial and open-source software tools.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  http://metabasis.bioacademy.gr/
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Informatics Unit, Foundation for Biomedical Research of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece. vatlam@bioacademy.gr
authors.forename: Vassilis
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Atlamazoglou
authors.forename: Trias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thireou
authors.forename: Yannis
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hamodrakas
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spyrou
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology; D003628:Database Management Systems; D016208:Databases, Factual; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface