[Biopython-dev] biopython web interface

[Massimo Di Pierro]

Hello everybody,

I am new to biopython and I have some silly questions.

Does biopython have a web interface?
If not, would you be interested in help developing one?
What kind of features would you be interested in?

Reason for my question: I am a physicist and a professor of CS. I am working with a few different groups to build a unified platform to bring scientific data online. The main idea is that of having a tool that requires no programming and scientists can use to introspect an existing directory and turn it into dynamical web pages. Those pages can then be edited and re-oreganized like a CMS. The system should be able to recognize basic file types, group, tag and categorize them. It should them be possible to register algorithms, run them on the server, create a workflow. The system will also have an interface for mobile.

Here is a first prototype for physics data that interface with the National Energy Research Computing Center:
http://tests.web2py.com/nersc

Since we are doing this it would be great to have as many community on board as possible so that we can write specs that are broad enough.
We can do all the work or you can help us if you want.

So, if you have a wish list please share it with me. 

Personally, I need to be educated on biopython since I do not fully understand what are the basic file types it handles, what are the most popular algorithms it provides, nor I am familiar with the typical usage workflow.

Massimo