Hi BioC developers,

In order to improve collaboration between scientists, computer engineers,
bioinformaticians working with R and Bioconductor, I would like to see how
much among you here in the list, would be interested in making part of a
website that plays the role of collaborative platform for R/Bioconductor
codes, packages, workflows and contributions, so that we develop the
"re-use" and "don't reinvent the wheel" spirit in one hand, and to put in
practice a more collaborative work and interaction between people working on
R/Bioconductor related projects.

I already have experience in the development of such platforms and thought
it could be useful and interesting to propose such initiative to people like
you and I working with R/BioC

This is in no way a competitive or alternative approach to Bioconductor
mailing list but a complementary platform for sharing codes / workflows /
analysis scenarios using R/BioC and also an "before/after workshops" codes
materials submission tool so that everyone could make profit from them.

Would you please take a few moment to answer to this topic so that I can
have an idea on your position in regards of such initiative and also to fill
this small form so that I can have your input in an organized manner. (
http://bit.ly/eKwSxN<http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit%2Ely%2FeKwSxN&urlhash=An3v&_t=tracking_disc>)

Basically the website will be community oriented, with a powerful search
engine for codes, examples, workflows, and an intuitive and easy to use code
submission tool allowing people to submit their source codes, with their
publications links, accomagnying illustrative figures or documentations etc
...

This will not be a forum, neither a question/answer website, even if we can
add these features if needed, it is more oriented to enhance our code
centralization and collaboration.

Thank you

Radhouane

-- 
*Radhouane Aniba*
*Bioinformatics Research Associate*
*Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology* *(CBCB)*
*University of Maryland, College Park
MD 20742*

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