[Bioperl-l] new NeXML I/O modules

[Mark A. Jensen]

Hi All-

I'm pleased to announce that my Google Summer of Code student
Chase Miller and I have successfully migrated his modules for
NeXML I/O into bioperl-live. NeXML (http://www.nexml.org) is
Rutger Vos' highly flexible, highly annotable standard for
evolutionary data exchange, that is catching on in the
evolutionary DB world. We hope these modules will help move that
process along.

I also want to say that Chase has been a terrific student and
collaborator. He learned the not only the complexities of BioPerl
IO from scratch, but also grokked Rutger's Bio::Phylo internals,
and became familiar with and applied modern OO concepts. He also
wrote tests (which pass!), complete POD, and a HOWTO (at
http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/HOWTO:Nexml) to accompany this
work. Best of all, he finished! (Well, as much as anything is
ever finished around here.) I for one hope he will continue to
use his commit bit for good and not evil.

cheers, 
Mark