TextFileImport

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About this document

This is an official Request for Comment (RFC) for General text file import framework.

For details on RFCs in general, check out the [http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Request+for+Comments&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&linktext=Request%20for%20Comments Wikipedia Entry: Request for Comments (RFCs)]

Status

10/11/2006 Still under construction.

How to Comment

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Proposal

This RFC is for the new import framework for general text files.

Biological Questions / Use Cases

Most of biological data files are available in text or Microsoft Excel file format. By implementing this function, users can import following files:

• Tab/comma/space delimited text tables
• Excel files

General Notes

Requirements

This project contains two main components:

• File readers
  • for text files
  • for Excel files
• Swing GUI

Deferred Items

Open Issues

The following is a prototype GUI for the file importer:

[http://chianti.ucsd.edu/kono/images/fileImport1.png]

Backward Compatibility

Expected growth and plan for growth

References

Implementation Plan

• ["/Implementation Plan"]

Comments

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