README
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2README : BAMTOOLS
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5BamTools provides both a programmer's API and an end-user's toolkit for handling
6BAM files.
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8I. Learn More
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10II. License
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12III. Acknowledgements
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14IV. Contact
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17I. Learn More:
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20Installation steps, tutorial, API documentation, etc. are all now available
21through the BamTools project wiki:
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23https://github.com/pezmaster31/bamtools/wiki
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25Join the mailing list(s) to stay informed of updates or get involved with
26contributing:
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28https://github.com/pezmaster31/bamtools/wiki/Mailing-lists
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31II. License :
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34Both the BamTools API and toolkit are released under the MIT License.
35Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Derek Barnett, Erik Garrison, Gabor Marth,
36 Michael Stromberg
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38See included file LICENSE for details.
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41III. Acknowledgements :
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44 * Aaron Quinlan for several key feature ideas and bug fix contributions
45 * Baptiste Lepilleur for the public-domain JSON parser (JsonCPP)
46 * Heng Li, author of SAMtools - the original C-language BAM API/toolkit.
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49IV. Contact :
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52Feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, suggestions, bug reports,
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55Derek Barnett
56Marth Lab
57Biology Dept., Boston College
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59Email: derekwbarnett@gmail.com
60Project Website: http://github.com/pezmaster31/bamtools
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