Hi all, I think we're in the minority using BASE as the main "engine" behind a public resource using data from multiple institutions, but so far so good. One thing that we've had to retrofit to BASE1 is a "summary of expression for a gene (or reporter) over all experiments" - something that a non-array specialist can use to see the biology quickly and easily.
http://base.vectorbase.org/perl/expression-summary.cgi?gene=ENSANGG00000007655&species=Anopheles_gambiae It's really bolted on (Perl with direct db queries) because we knew with BASE2 coming that investing in the PHP API was not going to be worthwhile. Now we want to move to BASE2 and will do a total rewrite - this time with the API! We'll make it available to other BASE admins, so we've set up a consultation page so you can help us make it most useful for you too. http://wiki.vectorbase.org/vectorbase/index.php/ExpressionSummaryConsultation This tells you what challenges we overcame for the BASE1 version and then what we want in the BASE2 version. I haven't got very far with the programming yet, so feel free to suggest something radical. For example, can one make plugins for the web interface? The current rough plan is for this to be a standalone Java web app which connects to BASE via the API and links to BASE web pages (where necessary and if possible) - much like the current version which is basically a standalone Perl script. Comments by email or to the list most welcome (I'll post them on the wiki's discussion page unless you say otherwise). If you'd rather edit the wiki, just let me know and I'll fix an account for you. thanks a lot! cheers, Bob. -- Bob MacCallum | VectorBase Developer | Kafatos/Christophides Groups | Division of Cell and Molecular Biology | Imperial College London | Phone +442075941945 | Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ The BASE general discussion mailing list basedb-users@lists.sourceforge.net unsubscribe: send a mail with subject "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
