Table 1.

SkateBase components

Component	Description	Public access
Informational	Basic information about the project goals and current status	Y
Training	Dissemination of tutorials, educational materials, annotation guidelines and SOPs	Na
Download	Repository for project sequence and annotation data	Y
Tools
Genome browsers	Analysis of genomic context	Y
SkateBLAST	Searching and download of genomic contigs and features	Y
SkateBase community	Connectivity and coordination of community annotation activities	Na
File exchange	Sharing of raw and analyzed high-throughput sequence data	N
RACE-P	Community annotation of proteins	Y

^aFeature under development for future public release.