[Genquire-users] Re: genquire

[Brian Haas]

Mark,

I don't have any specific list of rules for using the TIGR annotation
data, but I can state that the information is public data and should be
treated identically to data retrieved from other public databases such
as GenBank.  I would only forsee a problem if a for-profit institution
decided to bundle our annotation data into a product.  This would
require some form of formal agreement with TIGR.

There should be no problem whatsoever in mirroring our annotation data
thru a mysql database which is accessible via the Genquire
software...unless you wanted to sell it.

I'll forward this message to our TIGR legal expert, Michael Brown, just
to be on the safe side.  I'm sure he'll provide you with any specifics
in case I'm off base.

Best wishes,

-Brian


Mark Wilkinson wrote:
> 
> If it helps, we should have a ~public copy of our Arabidopsis database in a
> day or two.  It will be up for only a couple of weeks to allow the reviewers
> of the Genqurie manuscript to evaluate the software without having to set the
> whole thing up themselves.  I can make the URL available to anyone who
> requests it over those few weeks, but I don't want to make it "public
> knowledge", if you know what I mean...
> 
> Contact me if you want this info.
> 
> M
> 
> P.S.  Brian, what are the rules of distribution of the TIGR data?  Our local
> Arabidopsis database is created from the TIGR dataset, and I want to make
> sure that we will not be breaking any distribution rules by making it
> available to the reviewers...  If there are strict rules, can I arrange to
> get permission, and from whom?
> 
> P.P.S.  It hit me this weekend while chatting with Lincoln that I have
> already written 95% of a DAS adaptor layer!  I'm writing a book chapter on
> Gequire at the moment, with a fairly tight deadline, so I  can't put any
> effort into it this week, but within a couple of weeks Genquire should be
> sitting happily on top of DAS also!!  Stay tuned folks :-)  Things are really
> starting to come together quickly now!
> 
> --
> --------------------------------
> "Speed is subsittute fo accurancy."
> ________________________________
> 
> Dr. Mark Wilkinson
> Bioinformatics Group
> National Research Council of Canada
> Plant Biotechnology Institute
> 110 Gymnasium Place
> Saskatoon, SK
> Canada

-- 
Brian J. Haas
Bioinformatics Engineer
The Institute for Genomic Research
email: bhaas@tigr.org