bs stands for BioScript.

BioScript is a python library aiming to regroup & run bioinformatics scripts through a common and a simple interface. It can be used from command line or as a web service. Bioinformatics scripts are displayed and used in a traditional form way.

The addition of new scripts does not require high computational skills and is facilitated by the plugin system in the application. It is designed to be simple and fast.

Moreover, BioScript is built to be easily pluggable to any third party application, through a cross-domain Ajax API which means that in practice, BioScript can be used and accessed from any web application.

The complexity of the application is hidden to end-users – who are running the scripts -, but if necessary, powerful features about job brokers and job processing are accessible. Another advantage of this application in terms of computing power management is its ability to run scripts from different applications on a dedicated server with adapted features.

More documentation can be found on BBCF website.

This code was written by the BBCF http://bbcf.epfl.ch/
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