title: caos software for use in character-based DNA barcoding.
abstract: The success of character-based DNA barcoding depends on the efficient identification of diagnostic character states from molecular sequences that have been organized hierarchically (e.g. according to phylogenetic methods). Similarly, the reliability of these identified diagnostic character states must be assessed according to their ability to diagnose new sequences. Here, a set of software tools is presented that implement the previously described Characteristic Attribute Organization System for both diagnostic identification and diagnostic-based classification. The software is publicly available from http://sarkarlab.mbl.edu/CAOS.
authors.affiliation: MBLWHOI Library, Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, 79th Street at CPW, New York, NY 10024, USA.
authors.forename: Indra Neil
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Planet
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Desalle