Fujitsu endorses the BSML standard for biological informationTokyo 26 November 2001 Fujitsu has endorsed the BSML standard for communicating genomic information. Fujitsu joins a rapidly growing list of organisations supporting the open BSML standard for genome research. Among the others are the EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), IBM, Bristol-Myers Squibb, John Wiley & Sons, Ohio Supercomputer Center, NetGenics, Celestar Lexico-Sciences, ApoCom Genomics, National Foundation for Cancer Research, and other BIO member companies.
The Bioinformatic Sequence Markup Language (BSML) is an open and freely available eXtensible Markup Language (XML) format that allows life science researchers to integrate, annotate, and visualise complex genetic sequences and rich bioinformatics content. BSML documents are composed of two independent sections, one encoding the biological content and the other encoding visualisation information for effective communication of the content.
"Fujitsu has always supported open industry standards", stated Mr. Makoto Ogura, General Manager, Life Science and Material Science Division, Fujitsu Limited. "Our clients have a critical need to integrate the huge amounts of bioinformatic data both in public and private databases. LabBook's BSML specification is the most mature and robust specification that will enable us to serve our clients' needs. We expect it to become the global standard in Bioinformatics."
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