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Table 1 Sources from which the database and software name dictionary is comprised

From: Ambiguity and variability of database and software names in bioinformatics

Type

Entries

Variants

Source

DB

195

298

databases.biomedcentral.com

SW

263

278

www.bioinformatik.de

PK

799

799

www.bioconductor.org

SW

2033

2087

bioinformatics.ca/links_directory/

SW

389

391

evolution.genetics.washington.edu/phylip/software.html

DB

379

379

www.ebi.ac.uk/miriam/main/

DB

1452

1670

www.oxfordjournals.org/nar/database/a/

SW

135

135

www.netsci.org/Resources/Software/Bioinform/index.html

SW

36

41

www.bioinf.manchester.ac.uk/recombination/programs.shtml

SW

1149

1183

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki/<various>

SW, DB

171

231

Manually added entries

Our dictionary (DB, SW, PK)

7322

6929

http://sourceforge.net/projects/bionerds/

  1. Note that entries and variants are not necessarily unique to a single resource list
  2. DB databases, SW software, PK packages; data correct and accessible as of February 28th, 2012