Ensembl Usage Survey We are currently developing a Java API to Ensembl as an alternative to Ensembl's Perl API for data access (http://jensembl.sourceforge.net/).
Our prototype code architecture accesses various demonstration data types from the Core and Compara schema, and we would like to prioritize future functionality. To help us do this we are keen to discover how bioinformaticians currently use the Ensembl datasources and Perl API in particular, and which features of a Java API might be of most use to future application developers. Please take a few minutes to complete our online survey at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MFD9G36 and help us to prioritize future development of our JEnsembl API. Please forward this email to colleagues that might be interested, or let us know of any mail lists that might be relevant. If you are interested in seeing how the JEnsembl API might be used in graphical applications to provide access to Ensembl datasources, we have made use of JEnsembl in two demonstration applications: 1. ArkMAP, a map drawing tool that can download, draw and align homologies between chromosome maps from any Ensembl Datasource and from ArkDB http://jensembl.sourceforge.net/arkmap.html 2. A plug-in for the Savant Genome Browser that allows gene maps and sequences to be downloaded from Ensembl http://jensembl.sourceforge.net/savant.html Thanks you for help. Trevor Paterson and Andy Law [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Bioinformatics The Roslin Institute Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies University of Edinburgh Easter Bush Midlothian EH25 9RG Scotland UK phone +44 (0)131 651 9157 http://bioinformatics.roslin.ed.ac.uk/ Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland with registration number SC005336 Disclaimer:This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the recipient(s) to whom they are addressed. If you have received it in error, please destroy all copies and inform the sender.
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