Re: [GUSDEV] Newbie Question: GUS on a small scale...

[Steve F. <sfi...@pc...>]

john-

yes, that is a good idea.  but, doing that would take a lot of work, 
more than we ourselves have resources for.

in a sense, GUS, as it stands now, is targeted for larger projects.

steve

Fow...@ep... wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I apologize if this is not the correct place to post this question/idea.
>
> Briefly, I am a plant molecular biologist that is trying to pick up 
> some rudimentary bioinformatics (eg, relational databases, scripting, 
> etc.)
>
> I would like to build a small-scale database that stores and 
> integrates information on a small number of gene families.  These 
> families are of interest in my lab's various research projects.  The 
> information would be gathered from a few sites on the web, or from 
> manual input (my lab, potentially others).
>
> While looking and reading around, I found the GUS home site, and have 
> browsed through it a bit.
>
> As a newcomer to this field, I confess some ignorance, but have a 
> possible suggestion/idea and question.
>
> My observation is that the information that I'd like to store in the 
> database I am conceiving would all fit in the tables/categories that 
> are present in your schema.  However, I don't think that I would ever 
> need all of the complexity that you have available.
>
> Would it be possible, or recommendable, to develop a smaller, limited 
> set of tables/categories that is derived from GUS for my application? 
>  I am even thinking that it might be useful to develop this smaller 
> schema as a template for a purchased desktop type of database 
> (Filemaker Pro is what I am familiar with), such that 
> non-bioinformatics folks like me could relatively easily develop & 
> maintain lab-specific, small-scale databases.
>
> However, by deriving this schema from your GUS (as a standard) might 
> help allow easier eventual expansion or communication of information.
>
> please provide criticism, or other thoughts.  Is there already 
> something like what I am describing?
>
> many thanks,
> John
>
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> John E. Fowler
> Associate Professor, OSU Botany and Plant Pathology Dept.
> On Sabbatical at the EPA Western Ecology Division, Corvallis
> email:  fow...@ep...
> Phone: (541) 754-4866