Folks,<div>I think we all agree that OWW as an entity wants to sign the letter of support. SC members: do I hear any dissenting votes? If not, I'll add OWW to the list.</div><div><br></div><div>--Lorrie<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:47 AM, John Cumbers <<a href="mailto:johncumbers@gmail.com">johncumbers@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
sounds good to me, <br><font color="#888888">John</font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 9:17 PM, Lorrie LeJeune <<a href="mailto:lorrielejeune@gmail.com" target="_blank">lorrielejeune@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">
I agree with Jason. It makes more sense to add the OWW SC to the existing list of supporters on the letter than to draft a new one.<br><font color="#888888">--Lorrie</font><div><div></div><div><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Jason Kelly <<a href="mailto:jasonk@mit.edu" target="_blank">jasonk@mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">Noticed that they've already got a letter up here:<br>
<div><a href="http://ecoliwiki.net/colipedia/index.php/Draft_letter_to_Science_about_wikifying_genome_information" target="_blank">http://ecoliwiki.net/colipedia/index.php/Draft_letter_to_Science_about_wikifying_genome_information</a><br>
<br>
</div>Maybe we could bring it up at the SC meeting and if people are OK with<br>
it, the SC could sign off on the letter above (they are submitting it<br>
on friday). I personally think that it has more weight if it's signed<br>
by a volunteer group of scientists that collaborate and share on a<br>
wiki, rather than from folks running a wiki ;)<br>
<br>
thanks,<br>
<font color="#888888">jason<br>
</font><div><div></div><div><br>
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 8:46 PM, John Cumbers <<a href="mailto:johncumbers@gmail.com" target="_blank">johncumbers@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi Dan,<br>
> This sounds like something we should be supporting, Lorrie, please could<br>
> you pen a letter of support? this could either be from you as Managing<br>
> Director of OWW, or from the SC,<br>
> cheers,<br>
> John<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 4:39 AM, Dan Bolser <<a href="mailto:dan.bolser@gmail.com" target="_blank">dan.bolser@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > On 08/04/2008, Austin Che <<a href="mailto:austin@csail.mit.edu" target="_blank">austin@csail.mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
> > > "Dan Bolser" <<a href="mailto:dan.bolser@gmail.com" target="_blank">dan.bolser@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > > Dear OWW,<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > Following the recent discussions about the proposal to 'wikify'<br>
> > > > GenBank, I would like to ask for feedback on our 'PDBWiki' project.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > PDBWiki is basically an open experiment towards a wiki-style system<br>
> > > > based on the Protein Data Bank (PDB). There is one page per PDB<br>
> entry<br>
> > > > where users can add annotations but editing the source data is<br>
> > > > currently not allowed.<br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > pdbwiki sounds great!<br>
> > ><br>
> > > I also just saw this:<br>
> > ><br>
> <a href="http://ecoliwiki.net/colipedia/index.php/Draft_letter_to_Science_about_wikifying_genome_information" target="_blank">http://ecoliwiki.net/colipedia/index.php/Draft_letter_to_Science_about_wikifying_genome_information</a><br>
> > > Should OWW/pdbwiki sign on to the letter?<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > The letter is interesting, and makes some very good points. I think it<br>
> > would be a shame for OWW not to get on board with this kind of<br>
> > 'awareness' exercise. Currently there are a lot of opinions,<br>
> > expectations and prejudices surrounding the whole idea of 'community<br>
> > annotation'. The more scientists who have hands on experience with<br>
> > wiki (for example), the better we will be able to move towards<br>
> > improved database systems in biology and bioinformatics.<br>
> ><br>
> > For us the idea was to start small and to keep things practical.<br>
> > PDBWiki simply provides a system whereby free-text community<br>
> > annotation can be applied to each database entry. It will be<br>
> > interesting to see how this approach pans out.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Dan.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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