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From: lukasz@mbi.ucla.edu (Lukasz Salwinski)
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Subject: JDIP: first public release
Organization: DOE-MBI, UCLA
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It's our pleasure to announce the first public release of JDIP - our new,
stand-alone, Java-based interface to the DIP database (Database of
Interacting Proteins; http://dip.doe-mbi.ucla.edu). It's still got a lot
of rough edges here and there but it seems to be quite stable so we think
there's no reason not to release it. The program provides the same
functionality as the original, Web-based interface to DIP but with quite
a few extras including local storage of protein interaction networks,
both, in graphical and XML-based formats, custom rendering and annotation
of interaction graphs and embedded scripting language (Python, to be
exact).
 
It might be of interest that the format of the data files (specified as
an XML schema - to be found at http://dip.doe-mbi.ucla.edu/jdip/jin.xsd)
is generic enough to allow JDIP to serve as an interface/visualization
program dealing with data completely unrelated to protein-protein
interaction - is all the matter of writing appropriate (either server
or client side) scripts...
 
You can find JDIP at http://dip.doe-mbi.ucla.edu/jdip
Please, direct questions/suggestions/bug reports/etc to jdip@mbi.ucla.edu
 
 
Lukasz Salwinski (and the DIP database maintainers)
lukasz@mbi.ucla.edu                                             


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