[Biojava-dev] BioJava3 Use Cases

[Michael Heuer]

Richard Holland wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I'd like to repeat an earlier request for use cases to guide the new
> BioJava 3 development work. We have a wiki page for this but it hasn't
> seen many updates:
>
> http://biojava.org/wiki/BioJava_3_Use_Cases
>
> Could anyone who has a task which BioJava cannot currently achieve, or
> does not achieve correctly, please add that task to this wiki page, so
> that we can try and implement it in the new code.
>
> A template for a use case has been provided on that same wiki page
> which you should follow when submitting your own suggestions.
> Basically the rule is that saying something like 'I want microarray
> support' isn't likely to get much of a response, but asking for a
> specific function, e.g. 'I want to be able to parse MAGE files' or 'I
> want to use XYZ technique to analyse my own chip designs', will get
> you a lot further.
>
> I'm setting a cut-off date for the initial list of use-cases at August
> 1st. Whatever's on the page at that point will be considered for
> implementation in the first phase of development over the next 6
> months, along with updates or transfers of functionality from the
> existing code base where appropriate. Anything that gets added to the
> list after that date will only get implemented in the second later
> phase, date indeterminate as yet, unless whoever submits the use case
> also chooses to submit their own code to solve it!

Hello Richard,

Very brief notes from the Biojava BOF session at BOSC 2008 are up at

http://biojava.org/wiki/BOSC2008_Presentation

Much of the conversation was about how to make Biojava more convenient to
use rather than about what features were missing.

   michael