Microsoft Biology Foundation Content on InfoQ
News about Microsoft Biology Foundation
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- Mono,
- Open Source,
- .NET,
- Programming,
- Microsoft Biology Foundation
Microsoft Biology Foundation describes itself as “a language-neutral bioinformatics toolkit built as an extension to the Microsoft .NET Framework, initially aimed at the area of Genomics research.” Currently it targets .NET 4.0, but support for other platforms is planned.
- Topics
- .NET,
- Open Source,
- Biotech,
- Programming,
- Microsoft Biology Foundation,
- Parallel Programming
Microsoft Biology Foundation is a collection of libraries build on the .NET framework and based on traditional open source traditions. Rather than reinvent the wheel, Microsoft is leveraging the file formats already found in bioinformatics community. Even more unusual for them, they are soliciting contributions to be added to future versions of MBF.
