[BioPython] a common repository for test datasets/use cases for all Bio* projects

[Chris Fields]

All,

An open-bio repository had started up for this use at one point,  
though I don't think it made the transition to subversion yet (and it  
never really took off, not sure why).  You should try contacting open- 
bio support and maybe Jason or Chris D. can answer this in a bit more  
detail.

chris

On Oct 28, 2008, at 5:55 AM, Peter wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Giovanni Marco Dall'Olio
> <dalloliogm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I would like to make you a proposal.
>> Every module/program written in bioinformatics needs to be tested
>> before it can be used to produce results that can be published.
>> ...
>> So, the point is.. what if we create a common repository for all this
>> kind of testing data, to be used in common with all the other Bio*
>> projects?
>
> You you made some other good points, and this is a good idea.  In
> practice the licences are usually OK for use to "borrow" example input
> files from each other (and this does happen), but a more organised
> system to encourage interchange of examples would be good.
>
> I think this sounds like an excellent topic for the (currently very
> quiet) Open-Bio-l mailing list (Open Bioinformatics Cross Project dev
> discussion, one of the OBF mailing lists, this should cover all the
> Bio* project members interested).  See
> http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo
>
> Peter
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Christopher Fields
Postdoctoral Researcher
Lab of Dr. Marie-Claude Hofmann
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign