Hi,

I'd like to create an OrganismDbi package so that I can put extra
annotations on the transcripts/genes in a TxDb package. My understanding is
that I need a separate database package that I can join with the TxDb
package. Do I need to make an OrgDb package? I looked into this a bit and
it seems that there is little support for making a non-NCBI-based org
package. Maybe I could create a new type of package with a simple table
with a row for each transcript, including the gene symbol and whether the
transcript is "canonical" according to UCSC. It looks like this process is
documented here:
http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/2.12/bioc/vignettes/AnnotationForge/inst/doc/NewSchema.pdf.
It also seems really involved. What's the path of least resistance here?

Thanks,
Michael

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