Define models we want to handle

[guignonv]

GenoRing purpose is to manage genomic data. So far, I see 3 base models:

• species/organism
• genome assembly
• germplasm

We need to define the base properties of each model and see if we need more models.

A GenoRing model will provide a base structure that can be exploited and shared across several applications. It can be seen as a list of properties that can be filled by one or more data sources (data aggregation) and exported in various format (file, services, database). For instance, we can think of a gene model that has an identifier, a DNA sequence, one or more protein sequences, an organism, a position in a genome, homologs,... With this model, it is possible to extract and map data from a GFF3 file and then save it into a Chado database or convert it into FASTA data, "BLAST" it, locate it in a genome browser or a synteny browser, find homolgs, add it to a list for export, and more.