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Proposal

BioDataServer class was used to import Ontologies, annotations, and synonyms. Basically, the constructor takes manifest file location and load data from individual data sources (annotation files, ontology file, and synonym file) specified in the manifest file. Current problems are the following:

  1. File format used in the manifest file is out-of-date.
  2. New file formats (OBO and Gene Association) are converted into old format before loading.
  3. Many entries in the new file formats are lost in the file format conversion process.
  4. The imported ontologies are stored in a huge map, not in a DAG which is the original data structure of GO.
  5. Because GO terms are imported as a huge map, it makes no sense for many biologists.
  6. Name mapping service is not sophisticated.
  7. GO Annotations are mapped based on levels, which does not make sense for biologists.

To solve problems above, new BioDataServer should supports the following:

Biological Questions / Use Cases

General Notes

There are several open-source applications/libraries which can be used in this project:

Requirements

Deferred Items

Open Issues

Backward Compatibility

Expected growth and plan for growth

References

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Funding for Cytoscape is provided by a federal grant from the U.S. National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the Na tional Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number GM070743-01. Corporate funding is provided through a contract from Unilever PLC.

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