PathwayCommons/factoid

Connect to PC: Searching PC?

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jvwong commented

It is desirable to associate Biofactoid with the integrated data in Pathway Commons. This will concretely demonstrate to potential contributors how their curated knowledge can be shared (all docs) and integrated (docs with human genes).

One opportunity for this is Biofactoid search: Currently, there is a (client-side) search available on the homepage. The search was designed and implemented when there were few Documents, and provides access to all public Documents. Clearly, this approach will not scale, and more recently, the amount of data is starting to outstrip this design:

  • Every visit to the homepage loads data for all public Documents
  • Server caches this data, and regularly refreshes cache (nightly) to keep browser load times reasonable

The idea is to make the PC Search available to biofactoid.org users.

Description

Q: What is the name of the feature?

A: PC Search provided by biofactoid.org

Q: What does this feature enable the user to do?

A: Search the entire Pathway Commons resource

Q: What information must the user provide to use the feature?

A: Search term

Q: What are the applicable constraints, e.g. compatibility or performance?

A: The PC Search wraps the cPath2 instance, whose data is currently updated irregularly. This means that users won't be able to immediately access information deposited in biofactoid.org via PC.

Q: How does this feature affect each class of user (persona)?

A:

  • Biologist: Will be able to access a large pathway resource; Experience first-hand how their data will be shared
  • Editor: Experience first-hand how their data will be shared

Specification

Mockup

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Author: Where's my data?

One way to accommodate the delay in updating PC with biofactoid data is to expand the carousel to enable access to more (public) Documents. This would impress upon contributors that it is still publicly shared, and accessible by researchers who visit biofactoig.org. There could be some messaging about it being shared in PC in the near future...

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