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# ARB WWW Queries OCCURRENCE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLES NOTES WARNINGS BUGS ## OCCURRENCE
### ARB_NT/Properties/WWW
## DESCRIPTION
### The WWW-Interface can be used to search the Web for information taken from the ARB-Database. ### Select a species and press the WWW button in the ARB_NTREE top area or choose the WWW mode and click on a species.
## EXAMPLES
### Here are some search examples (URL-Entries):
    Search in ARB-SILVA:
           "http://www.arb-silva.de/browser/ssu/";readdb(acc)
    Search in EMBL:
           "http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/data/view/";readdb(acc)
    Search the Web for full-name using google:
           "http://www.google.com/search?q=";readdb(full_name);|srt(": =+")"
## NOTES
### Look at the bottom line of the WWW configuration window and check out whether the command line there calls your preferred internet browser. ### Generic methods: xdg-open "$(URL)"
    open "$(URL)"               (OSX)
## WARNINGS
### We are not responsible for any content you retrieve by using this function. Use this at your own responsibility.
## BUGS
### No bugs known