beta.uniprot.org - 5 Lessons Learned

beta.uniprot.org 5 Lessons Learned
Eric Jain Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics BOSC 2007, Vienna

Mistake #1
Falling in love with technology.

SOAP -> REST
Relational DB -> Lucene + BDB
Solution

http ://beta.uniprot.org/uniprot/P12345.fasta
data set identifier format http://beta.uniprot.org/uniprot /?query=insulin data set query +format, sort, offset, limit, compress...

Mistake #2
Relying on feedback from users and experts instead of observing users.

Solution

Mistake #3
Thinking that users can be classified as either beginners or as experts.

Solution

Mistake #4
Thinking we could do without the explicit backing of at least one person with lots of political power.

Solution

Mistake #5
Speaking over my allotted time.

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Poster N91 .
Demo Monday, 11:50 Hall L .
Workshop?
Free pens.

Hiring!
Google for uniprot hiring .

beta.uniprot.org - 5 Lessons Learned

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