Dear Potential Partner:

Affymetrix provides a series of resources to assist independent software developers in interfacing with the Affymetrix GeneChip™ system and with GeneChip™ data.  As a new part of this ongoing activity, we have established the GeneChip-compatible™ Applications Program, which enables participating software providers to work more closely with Affymetrix in supporting our mutual end-users.  We hope that you consider whether this program would be helpful to you in your endeavors. 

The GeneChip-compatible Applications Program will support two important customer-focused goals. First, we hope to enable a wider breadth of third-party software that integrates tightly with the Affymetrix platform, thus providing a seamless, supportable, and convenient end-user experience. We hope to assist partners in integrating using methods which will provide forward and backward compatibility and which minimally “entangle” the software packages to ease updates. Secondly, we hope to be able to provide better information to our customers about the various software solutions available for their particular purposes in different types of GeneChip™ based projects. 

To participate, a partner needs to commit to integrating with the Affymetrix platform according to specifications provided by Affymetrix.  If and when the integrated application is available, the partner will receive rights to use the GeneChip-compatible logo, and will receive space in the web-based GeneChip-compatible solutions catalog.  Affymetrix will license at no cost various software and development tools for this purpose to the partner, and the partner agrees to license back to Affymetrix the compatible application (for internal use only) and the descriptive and training materials for inclusion in the catalog.

Please email Affymetrix if you have any questions or interest in participating.

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The current edition of the GeneChip-compatible specifications can be found here.

Use of the GeneChip-compatible logo requires the full execution of the GeneChip-compatible Applications Agreement as well as adherance to the GeneChip-compatible Logo Style Guide.