WBConfCall 2013.03.07-Agenda and Minutes

Agenda

Generic Brief Identification

Populating the brief identification from UniProt into the CDS would allow for a better functional description of uncurated genes (especially of non elegans species).

Minutes

Apologies for lateness

Helpdesk/Chair

Help issues

• All resolved or in hand.

Generic Brief Identification

Michael - can use Uniprot under license if don't change the content and give appropriate attribution.

Todd, should we not add these to the gene objects for display on the summary page. (understanding that some rare cases will have multiple functions)

Paul - Voiced concern about abstracting from an analogous entity in WormBase.

Remove current brief_identifications in favor of New as they are approx 10 years old.

Raymond - Should take this as a base and build up

ncRNAs ?? need to add some (source)

Need to conduct an auditing exercise to asses Uniprot and look for peculiarities

Then we can asses where to best place them and explore uses.

Grant review

• Grant reviewed next week

• Scores by the following weekend

• Critiques will take approximately a month

Paul S. - Feeling confident as 2 of 3 grants submitted at same time already turned down.

Todd update

1) WS236 available on staging

2) Refine strategy on how code etc. is workflowed

Help people understand procedure (transparency)

More info here: http://wiki.wormbase.org/index.php/Development_workflow_-_webdev

3) Testing step where bug fixes can show up on staging.

Abstract submissions for IWM 2013

Open now until end April 12th

Workshop co-ordination - Michael?

Kevin asked what was going to be in workshop.

Not Talks - More of a traditional workshop

Todd - revert to the old days

Have a room that is manned with computers where people can come along and ask for real help.

Need to find out about layout of conference

Todd offered to talk to organisers and work out best place/if possible Rotate staff - to

More questions and answer session rather than just talks, give users a forum to air issues that they have.

Michael suggested - Changing Topics

         Practical sessions
         Mine
         Website
         etc. 

WormBase tent/cubicle in the poster sessions (give a more private arena for discussion)

Small scale data issues (Paul github tickets)

Lots of issues but all small scale Difficult to remove, curators

Disease data in for WS237

Ranjana has added lots For Todd and Abby

Re-visit the disease widget

JD Mine Data load deadline

Pushed back to May 1st.

Additional Items Not discussed

• Should we change it so database info only comes in through Hinxton?

• Clarify the communication path for how the web team needs to be notified about new database URL links and what is the new technology for making these links to other websites?