[Biopython-dev] new website & documentation

[Michiel Jan Laurens de Hoon]

Hi everybody,

As you may know, the Biopython website is transitioning to a new server 
of the Open Bioinformatics Foundation. The OBF folks suggested that we 
use a wiki-based website (just like bioperl and biojava) instead of 
quixote, which we have been using so far. A prototype wiki-based 
Biopython website is now running at 
http://biopython.open-bio.org/wiki/Biopython. Feel free to contribute to 
this website as you see fit. Don't be shy.

Now the question is whether the complete Biopython documentation should 
be wiki-based. For an example, see the Bioperl HOWTOs. This would make 
it easier to update the Biopython documentation, and hopefully result in 
better and more extensive documentation (which wouldn't hurt). On the 
downside, we'd lose the PDFs. (Or is it possible to generate PDFs from 
the wiki website? Wiki gurus, let us know). Another option would be to 
convert the generic Biopython documentation to wiki (e.g., the 
tutorial), but keep specialized modules in the current format.

Opinions?

--Michiel.