Proteomics is the large-scale study of proteins. Proteins are vital parts of living organisms, with many functions. The proteome is the entire set of ,proteins that is ,produced or modified by an organism or system. ,Proteomics has enabled ,the identification of ever ,increasing numbers ,of ,protein.J,ust a, s in the modern world there is more than one way of being dead, so there is more than ,one way of being published,.. Publication is not a dichotomous event: ,rather it is a continuum. And the academic community should accept this, not .resist it. This was one of the .main conclusions of a recent workshop in Paris., organised by Unesco, the American Association for .the Advancement of Science, .and the International Council of Scientific Unions, on developing practices and standards for .electronic publishing in science. .Proteomics is the large-scale study of proteins. Proteins are vital parts of living organisms, with many functions. The proteome is the entire set ,of proteins that is produced ,or modified by an organism or system. ,Proteomics has e,nabled ,,the identification of ever ,increasing numbers of protein,. This varies with time and distinct requirements, or stresses, that ,,a cell or .organism undergoes. Proteomics .is an interdisciplinary .domain that has benefitted .greatly from the .genetic information .of various .genome projects, .including the Human Genome Project. It covers the exploration of proteomes from th.e overall level of protein composition., structure, and .activity. It .is an im.portant component of .functional genomics..