Re: data sets and/or access to data sets
Le Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 05:35:07PM -0600, Scott Christley a écrit :
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> I like the getData effort. Have a set of "data descriptors" with information
> about how/where to get data, then when requested performs the download. This
> is very much the architecture I was thinking about. I see a number of ways
> the project could be expanded. I would like to hear thoughts from Steffen
> and Charles about getData before I jump in with a bunch of additions.
Hi Scott,
you are more than welcome to work on getData. I think that, in addition to be a
tool to install and process local databases, it could be a tool to produce
sourceless binary packages. I hope that such packages will be accepted in
data.debian.org, although I admit I do not know what is the plan there.
In a couple of years, there may be a demand for data packages for
non-specialists. It is not impossible that anybody who has a social security
and whishes to have his genome sequenced will have this possibility. I do not
know how the tools to browse one's own genome as a patient will look like, but
perhaps they will require a versionned human genome build with versionned
accessory annotations? I think that it is still a good investment to prepare
for “apt-get install human-genome”.
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging team,
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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