On the Applicability of Software Patterns for the Bioinformatics Open Source Community BOSC 2009 Panel Aleksi Kallio, Jim Procter, Lonnie Welch, Bob Hanmer (Moderator)

What is a Software Pattern? A description of a reusable proven design element with enough information to recreate the design, customized for the situation An element of a pattern language A collection of patterns that work together to solve larger problems The building block for a software handbook

A description of a reusable proven design element

with enough information to recreate the design, customized for the situation

An element of a pattern language

A collection of patterns that work together to solve larger problems

The building block for a software handbook

Bioinformatics Open Source Patterns How can you make use of patterns to foster development of “better” bioinformatics software? What are the patterns that you have already mined? What do you do with patterns? Is there a repository? Is there a “keeper” of the repository?

How can you make use of patterns to foster development of “better” bioinformatics software?

What are the patterns that you have already mined?

What do you do with patterns?

Is there a repository?

Is there a “keeper” of the repository?