[BioRuby] Google Summer of Code project ideas

[Peter Cock]

On 10 Feb, Robert Buels wrote (posted by Chris Field):
> Hi all,
>
> I'm going to be OBF project admin again this year for Google Summer of
> code.  OBF's application is due in a couple of weeks, and we need to update
> our project ideas on the OBF wiki page and on each project's individual wiki
> pages.
>
> So, for each of the OBF projects that wants to do GSoC again this year,
> please:
>
> a.) Update the list of project ideas on your project's GSoC page
> (BioPython, BioPerl, BioRuby, etc).  Add new ones, remove ones that have
> already been done or no longer relevant, etc.
>
> b.) Update the list of project ideas on the main OBF GSoC page
> (http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code) to match.
>
> c.) Let me know via email that you have done so and it's ready for Google
> to peruse.
>
> Please have the updates done, if possible, by this Friday (March 11). The
> number and quality of the project ideas are part of the evaluation process
> for whether OBF is accepted as a Summer of Code organization again this
> year, so let's come up with some good ones.  :-)
>
> Rob
>
> ----
> Robert Buels

Hi BioRuby folk,

You seem to have been the most organized Bio* project for GSoC so far, and have
put together good set of GSoC project ideas by Rob's target date. Well done :)

Is the list here complete now?
http://bioruby.open-bio.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code

    3.1.1 Write the world's fastest parallelized GFF3/GTF parser in D,
for Ruby FFI
    3.1.2 Extend bio-alignment plug-in with Multiple Alignment Format
-MAF- parser (FFI?)
    3.1.3 Testing framework for biogem plugins
    3.1.4 Adding social networking functionality to BioRuby.org
    3.1.5 Update bio-images a plugin to represent bio-object with cool images
    3.1.6 Update to the Ruby Ensembl API

I noticed "Testing framework for biogem plugins" was missing on the OBF
summary page, so I added it:
http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code

Regards,

Peter