Data integration in microbial genomics ... - Jacobs University
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7.2. GSC standards development 89<br />
This holds true, if the tool succeeds to do this <strong>in</strong> a straightforward and<br />
easy manner. CD<strong>in</strong>Fusion does not implement a user management. No<br />
authentication, log<strong>in</strong>s or passwords are required. Still, CD<strong>in</strong>Fusion -<br />
as a web-based tool - can be used <strong>in</strong> parallel by many users <strong>in</strong> separate<br />
sessions. The workflow of the tool has been reduced to a neccessary<br />
m<strong>in</strong>imum. It should qualify to be easy and straightforward. The documentation<br />
of the tool has been improved with a seven m<strong>in</strong>ute onl<strong>in</strong>e<br />
video tutorial that covers the complete functionality of the tool. The<br />
open source code base is readily accessible and can be easily <strong>in</strong>stalled.<br />
The future will show, if this tool will be accepted by the community.<br />
7.2 GSC standards development<br />
The design, development and publication of the MIMARKS standard<br />
co<strong>in</strong>cides with the duration of this thesis. After the <strong>in</strong>itial talk at the<br />
6th GSC meet<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> October 2008, which started the development of<br />
the MIENS standard (later renamed to MIMARKS) under the lead of<br />
the MPI <strong>in</strong> Bremen, the standard was discussed, changed, improved<br />
and extended by the GSC community.<br />
For this thesis the development of the MIMARKS standard and the implementation<br />
of MetaBar and CD<strong>in</strong>Fusion was a complementary process.<br />
The MIGS/MIMS standard [Field et al., 2008] was f<strong>in</strong>ished and<br />
published dur<strong>in</strong>g the early implementation phase of MetaBar. The<br />
MIMARKS standard was still <strong>in</strong> development. CD<strong>in</strong>Fusion and the<br />
MIMARKS standard were developed <strong>in</strong> parallel. Changes <strong>in</strong> the standard<br />
led to changes <strong>in</strong> the implementation of the tool. When requirements<br />
for standard improvements became apparent they could directly<br />
be communicated. This led to ref<strong>in</strong>ements of the standard, while it was<br />
still <strong>in</strong> development. For <strong>in</strong>stance, the need for the GSC web service<br />
described <strong>in</strong> section 4.5, was a result of the implementation of the<br />
web forms for the GSC parameters <strong>in</strong> CD<strong>in</strong>Fusion. In first beta tests<br />
of the tool it became apparent that users need detailed descriptions<br />
about the GSC parameters. The web service that can be used to retrieve<br />
all parameters and descriptions of the MIxS parameters from<br />
the GSC database was implemented at the same time. The web forms<br />
<strong>in</strong> CD<strong>in</strong>Fusion are now dynamically retriev<strong>in</strong>g the parameter names