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Proposal

Publish a co-authored book on Cytoscape and its role in exploring biological networks as a companion to 3.0 release.

Background

We have been approached frequently to write book chapters on Cytoscape. But there is so much functionality to write about that it is hard to capture in a book chapter. At the same time, there appears to be a niche for a practitioner-oriented book on biological networks and their analysis, visualization, and integration with measurement data. A book on Cytoscape, co-authored and published in the time frame to be a companion to the 3.0 release, would serve a number of purposes:

1. a comprehensive and useful resource for the community of Cytoscape users and developers.
2. a comprehensive and useful resource for anyone who wanted to learn more about biological network analysis and visualization.
3. a way of broadening the user and developer base for Cytoscape.
4. a way to enhance Cytoscape's stature and visability.

Use Cases

The book would be oriented towards practitioners (users and developers) and would be a complement to the Cytoscape User Manual. Rather than being a how-to book, this would be more of a what is possible book. That is, in contrast to the User Manual and protocols articles we have published, which provide step-by-step directions for using the functionality, the book would provide technical background on the main problem areas for biological networks, coupled with descriptions of how Cytoscape and its plugins approach the problem area. The reader of the book would gain a knowledge of the state of research into biological network analysis and visualization, as well as some familiarity with the Cytoscape platform. The book would serve as a text and could potentially be used as a text for bioinformatics courses. The book could also serve as a general reference for Cytoscape, but the reader would be referred to the User Manual for specific details on how to use the functionality. This has the advantage of insulating the book from changes that will occur in ongoing releases of Cytoscape.

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Project Dependencies

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Issues

1. What is the right venue for publishing -- traditional publisher, Publish-on-Demand service, WikiBook?

2. Do we focus on biological networks or do we broaden the focus to include other kinds of networks?

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