[Cz-biology] Auto-created articles about genes

[Hugues Abriel]

The proposal of Dr. Su is obviously interesting... Still, I have one 
main concern:

I have the feeling that there is quite a lot of competition in this 
field of gene databases: GeneBank, Genecards, Molecule Pages, Expasy, 
Novartis Foundation... Some of them are very good and a lot of work has 
been done to create them (I am currently working on one page of the 
Nature-UCSD molecule page)... What would be the specificity of this one?

Best, Hugues

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Dr. S N Sarbadhikari a écrit :
> Dear All,
> I agree with Chris.
> Regards
> Supten
>
>   
>> At 4:58 PM -0400 9/17/07, Larry Sanger wrote:
>>     
>>> * Is the information actually *useful* to biologists and biology
>>> students?
>>> Would they ever visit these CZ pages (after adequate development)--or
>>> would
>>> they always look elsewhere for such data?
>>>       
>> The're as useful as anything else out there, possibly more useful.
>> And that is now, before they become more developed.  In my mind the
>> fact that scientists might come to CZ to update their gene family
>> etc. is also a solid reason for going ahead with this project.  What
>> better way to recruit experts?
>>
>>     
>>> * Are the external links provided appropriate?  Do they unfairly benefit
>>> one
>>> resource over another?
>>>       
>> Looks like a very even spread of links to various databases. There is
>> no apparent bias.
>>
>>
>>     
>>> * Does the "value added" by Andrew's organization actually justify our
>>> releasing these articles under a free license that permits commercial
>>> reuse,
>>> perhaps contrary to a decision we'll make about our larger body of
>>> articles
>>> in a few months?
>>>       
>> This is a huge value.  All health articles that cite a gene will have
>> this basic article to refer to.  Right there it will mean links that
>> would otherwise be red are more meaningful.  Since this appears to be
>> more human related it remains to be seen if similar links will be
>> made from the more basic biology articles. Nevertheless, by having
>> this huge resource available who knows how it will grow from this
>> point?  I would anticipate we will see spin off projects and uses for
>> this collection of articles that are not readily apparent right now.
>>
>> Chris
>>     
>
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