Re: [Bioc-devel] SummarizedExperiment exptData() patch

2015-05-12 Thread Hervé Pagès
Unlike exptData(), metadata() returns an ordinary list. These methods also need to be exported and have aliases in the man page for RangedSummarizedExperiment. I'll add something like that to the SummarizedExperiment package. Thanks Tim! H. On 05/12/2015 11:27 AM, Tim Triche, Jr. wrote: one set

Re: [Bioc-devel] exptData(SummarizedExperiment)

2015-05-12 Thread Michael Lawrence
It's more general than SummarizedExperiment. I think people would appreciate a simple way to load the core, without having to remember, for example, that VCF reading is in VariantAnnotation. On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 9:51 PM, Hervé Pagès wrote: > Hi Michael, > > On 05/11/2015 05:35 PM, Michael Law

Re: [Bioc-devel] exptData(SummarizedExperiment)

2015-05-12 Thread Hervé Pagès
SummarizedExperiment was just an example. I agree it can be a little challenging for end users to know where to find a particular functionality but I'm not sure about using "meta" packages to address that. At least I feel we should probably avoid creating new "meta" packages out of the blue, with

Re: [Bioc-devel] exptData(SummarizedExperiment)

2015-05-12 Thread Michael Lawrence
I like the idea of having multiple, domain-specific cores. Those could also serve as a vehicle for high-level documentation, including the workflows but also more "cheat-sheet" and/or cookbook-style documentation. Rafa has brought this up on the phone calls. On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Hervé

Re: [Bioc-devel] exptData(SummarizedExperiment)

2015-05-12 Thread Vincent Carey
Agreed that the workflow vehicle should get more attention. Do all workflows correspond to packages? On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Michael Lawrence wrote: > I like the idea of having multiple, domain-specific cores. Those could also > serve as a vehicle for high-level documentation, includin