[Bioperl-l] new NeXML I/O modules

[Chris Fields]

Congrats Chase!

chris

On Aug 17, 2009, at 7:43 AM, Mark A. Jensen wrote:

> 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
>
> _______________________________________________
> Bioperl-l mailing list
> Bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org
> http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bioperl-l