> 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. > > [...] > > 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.
First off, I'd like to tell you while you might be a minority, you are certainly not alone! We've been running BASE 1 as a community service since 2003, and are currently looking at implementing BASE 2 for Affy data, job server functionality & general superiority of the implementation. Now I can't speak for the BASE developers, but in my view, plug-ins are what makes BASE tick, so my advice is to go for the plug-in rather than the stand-alone app, if feasible. This way, you can make use of all the BASE facilities for authorization, permissions, database import/export, etc in an optimal way. Plus you don't need to support different JRE's or firewall issues on remote machines. Good luck! regards, /Emil ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
