Re: [GeneX-dev] Re: ERWin File on website

[<ja...@op...>]

"Todd F. Peterson" <tf...@nc...> writes:

> oh yeah, it's fast and easy. that was not the case with the curation
> tool/xml mechanism. we figure, first get the data in the db and then
> annotate as necessary. this will be good for small labs. hopefully,
> the design will allow scaleability to larger environments.

I'm all for lightwieght, fast, and easy, as well as annotation after
the data is in the DB. None of that impacts what schema you use.

If you invent a whole new schema you'll have to invent completely new
tools that can work with that schema. If you store the data in a
subset of the GeneX schema, you can use all the tools that work for
GeneX.

What is the advantage of the new schema?

jas.

PS. I'm on the list, you don't have to reply to me personally.