<s>
EMBOSS	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
analysis	O
package	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
needs	O
of	O
the	O
molecular	O
biology	O
and	O
bioinformatics	O
user	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
as	O
extensive	O
libraries	O
are	O
provided	O
with	O
the	O
package	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
platform	O
to	O
allow	O
other	O
scientists	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
release	O
software	O
in	O
true	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
spirit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EMBOSS	B-Application
also	O
integrates	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
currently	O
available	O
packages	O
and	O
tools	O
for	O
sequence	O
analysis	O
into	O
a	O
seamless	O
whole	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EMBOSS	B-Application
is	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
European	O
Molecular	O
Biology	O
Open	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
EMBOSS	B-Application
groups	O
are	O
collaborating	O
with	O
many	O
other	O
groups	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
new	O
applications	O
that	O
the	O
users	O
need	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
1998	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
workshop	O
was	O
held	O
,	O
when	O
30	O
people	O
from	O
EMBnet	O
went	O
to	O
Hinxton	O
to	O
learn	O
about	O
EMBOSS	B-Application
and	O
to	O
discuss	O
the	O
way	O
forward	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EMBOSS	B-Application
package	O
contains	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
applications	O
for	O
sequence	B-Algorithm
alignment	I-Algorithm
,	O
rapid	O
database	O
searching	O
with	O
sequence	O
patterns	O
,	O
protein	O
motif	O
identification	O
(	O
including	O
domain	O
analysis	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
much	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AJAX	O
and	O
NUCLEUS	O
libraries	O
are	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Library	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
Licence	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
EMBOSS	B-Application
applications	O
are	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
Licence	I-License
.	O
</s>
