[Biopython-dev] WIT database

[Cayte]

>
>  I've also been toying with the idea of writing a parser for the
> pathway section of KEGG, but I think that to maximize the usefulness
> of such a module there should first be a set of objects for representing
> reactions and pathways (a Bio.Pathway module). This would make it
> possible to manipulate information from databases like KEGG and WIT
> in a uniform manner - just like all sequence information is parsed into
> a Bio.Seq object.
>
   I think its a great idea!  My first step is usually just to poke around
the database and get ideas.  Hopefully,other biopythons will be interested
and after some brainstorming the ideas will converge to some reasonable
Bio.Pathways objects.

                                                    Cayte