BioInformatics
Our goal, to discuss how Drupal can be used to scientists run their laboratories, to build software for their unique applications dealing with Biological, Genetics and Computational properties, and to help people connect with scientists for better support for the large amounts of genetic data.
This group will also provide a forum for developers to share code, ideas and to work together to address common problems that arise when dealing with bioinformatics, biodiversity, and related data.
The following initial steps to move this forward:
* Create use cases or user scenarios for: Scientists, Members, Prospective Members: if you fit into any of these categories, or know anyone who does, please develop a user story or use case (learn more about user personas.)
* Research existing BioInformatics Institutions and Websites and add them to this wiki page of existing websites
* Research coordinating organizations that support BioInformatics
* Research Government Funding sources
* Establish a Drupal group to gather
Multi-site management, shared database, table prefixing and scalability
Okay, so I have a question. Based on your experiences, what are the best approaches for handling multi-site management? Off the top of my head some options are:
Biodiversity informatics
After attempting to create a biodiversity informatics Drupal group, and being unceremoniously rejected (fair play this bioinformatics group does mention biodiversity in it's mission statement), I am hijacking or contributing (whichever way you would like to look at it), to invite users to join the bioinformatics Drupal group to discuss the development of biodiversity tools in Drupal. I won't go so far as to change the mission statement, but group founders please feel free to embrace us if this takes off.
Drupal BioInformatics is Open
Thank you voting committee for the privilege of having the first Bio-computing, Bio-Informatics, Biology on Groups Drupal
Our mandate
*how Drupal can be used to scientists run their laboratories, to build software for their unique applications dealing with Biological, Genetics and Computational properties
*help people connect with scientists for better support for the large amounts of genetic data.
