Hello everyone,
The BioMart 0.8 rc3 is now available for deployer testing. The new
version is a Java based, out-of-the-box single integrated application to
facilitate mart building, configuration and web server deployment.
For installation and a user instructions, please see a deployer's guide
available here:
http://www.biomart.org/rc3_documentation.pdf
This release is tested on Mac OS X (Leopard and Snow Leapord), Linux
(Debian 4.1.1-21), Java 6. See docs for details.
The following features are now available for your testing:
1- Support for 5 database platforms (MySQL, Oracle, PgSQL, MS SQL, DB2)
2- Virtual Marts (non-materialised querying against source database)
4- A range of different web interfaces from Basic Form to
Advanced Querying interfaces (MartAnalysis, MartForm, MartWizard,
MartExplorer) and a Report page (MartReport)
5- Backwards compatibility for BioMart 0.7 sources
6- Secure access
7- Multi-dataset linking with Link-Indices for faster and scalable joins
8- Processor framework for specialised data visualisations (e.g charts)
FEATURES NOT AVAILABLE YET:
- Full Mbuilder component including source schema modifications
- Updates
- Processors (Genomic Sequence, GFF, DAS, WSDL, Gzip, Excel)
Please send your feedback and bug reports to mart-dev@ebi.ac.uk
Best Wishes,
Syed Haider on behalf of the BioMart Team.
