/BiocClassesWorkingGroup

Notes and Discussion concerning recommended classes for Bioconductor

Bioconductor Classes and Methods Working Group

  • Description: Discussions arounnd Bioconductor 'official' classes and methods and how to articulate their benefits to increase their usage across the ecosystem, in particular in new contributions.
  • Leads: Laurent Gatto
  • Current Members: Vince Carey, Laurent Gatto, Johannes Rainer, Lori Shepherd

The Bio Classes and Methods Working Group tackles the following questions and issues:

  • What are the 'official' classes?

  • What is the procedure to establish a new 'official' class?

  • To what extent should these be enforced during package review?

In general, a package will not be accepted if it does not show interoperability with the current Bioconductor ecosystem.

  • If not strictly enforced, should we at least require a wrapper function to convert to these?

To participate, feel free to open/reply to issues and join the #biocclasses slack channel.

Meetings