Tripal User's Meeting 2016/07/20

Agenda

• Quick Items

  • blend4php is released. https://github.com/galaxyproject/blend4php

  • TripalProject twitter account is now active.  https://twitter.com/TripalProject

  • Tripal v2.1-beta3 released July 1st.  http://tripal.info/node/310. Only testing needed before full stable release.

  • One-on-one meetings with stakeholders to discuss Tripal experience.

  • Comparison chart for site-wide indexing solutions.

  • Tripal.info site updated a bit (Twitter feed, new site images, updated documentation)

• Tripal v3 and REST API

  • The demonstration shows alpha functionality.  Things can still change, there are still bugs/mistakes in some places. Please offer suggestions!

  • Key Points:

    • Data back-end agnostic

      • Full support for Chado

      • Working on Neo4j support (via another project)

      • API for integration of other back-ends coming in the future….

    • Fully Backwards Compatible.

    • Ontology Driven

      • Integrates with semantic web for data exchange via web services

    • Full support of Drupal Entities

      • Allows for full web-based configuration of fields (less template editing!)

    • Style agnostic

      • Considering no default sidebar.

    • Exposed data is consistent between pages, web services (and other future methods i.e. downloads).

  • References:

    • JSON-LD:  http://json-ld.org/

    • W3C Hydra Vocabulary:  

      • https://www.w3.org/community/hydra/

      • http://www.hydra-cg.com/spec/latest/core/

  • REST API TODO:

    • How to integrate other custom REST APIs?

    • Support for more complex filters (e.g. with and/or conjunctions)

    • Mapping of CV terms to remaining Chado fields

• Natural Diversity Issues