Continuation of the KEGG.db package
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Asta Laiho ▴ 120
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Hi, I just saw the following information regarding the continuation of the KEGG.db Bioconductor package: KEGG.db contains mappings based on older data because the original resource was removed from the the public domain before the most recent update was produced. This package should now be considered deprecated and future versions of Bioconductor may not have it available. One possible alternative to consider is to look at the reactome.db package I am very sad to hear about the news as KEGG has become an important resource for the researchers and using it through Bioconductor has been very valuable for many people. I'm not sure what the original reason for removing the database content form the public domain is, officially I found the following information: Plea to support KEGG http://www.kegg.jp/kegg/docs/plea.html and the comment in the Editorial of the NAR DB issue (Nucl. Acids Res. 2012 40 D1: D1-D8). http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/content/40/D1/D1.full If someone has further information for clarifying the situation it would be great to share it on the emailing list. - Asta [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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Tim Triche ★ 4.2k
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Marc Carlson gave a great presentation about this issue at BioC2011 developers day, I think the slides are online? If not, the general consensus seemed to be that Pathway Commons and reactome.db etc. were the way forward I too am sad that KEGG could not be funded in the public interest but I guess that is the fallout from a recession. On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:58 AM, Asta Laiho <asta.laiho@btk.fi> wrote: > Hi, > > I just saw the following information regarding the continuation of the > KEGG.db Bioconductor package: > > KEGG.db contains mappings based on older data because the original > resource was removed from the the public domain before the most > recent update was produced. This package should now be considered > deprecated and future versions of Bioconductor may not have it > available. One possible alternative to consider is to look at the > reactome.db package > > I am very sad to hear about the news as KEGG has become an important > resource for the researchers and using it through Bioconductor has been > very valuable for many people. I'm not sure what the original reason for > removing the database content form the public domain is, officially I found > the following information: > > Plea to support KEGG > http://www.kegg.jp/kegg/docs/plea.html > and the comment in the Editorial of the NAR DB issue > (Nucl. Acids Res. 2012 40 D1: D1-D8). > http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/content/40/D1/D1.full > > If someone has further information for clarifying the situation it would > be great to share it on the emailing list. > > - Asta > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > Search the archives: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor > -- If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is. John von Neumann<http: www-groups.dcs.st-="" and.ac.uk="" ~history="" biographies="" von_neumann.html=""> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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> If not, the general consensus seemed to be that Pathway Commons and > reactome.db etc. were the way forward Is there a way to directly access the Pathway Commons data from R? For example, to do enrichment analysis? Reactome.db has its own package, I think. j. > > I too am sad that KEGG could not be funded in the public interest but I > guess that is the fallout from a recession. > > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:58 AM, Asta Laiho <asta.laiho at="" btk.fi=""> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I just saw the following information regarding the continuation of the >> KEGG.db Bioconductor package: >> >> KEGG.db contains mappings based on older data because the original >> ?resource was removed from the the public domain before the most >> ?recent update was produced. This package should now be considered >> ?deprecated and future versions of Bioconductor may not have it >> ?available. ?One possible alternative to consider is to look at the >> ?reactome.db package >> >> I am very sad to hear about the news as KEGG has become an important >> resource for the researchers and using it through Bioconductor has been >> very valuable for many people. I'm not sure what the original reason for >> removing the database content form the public domain is, officially I found >> the following information: >> >> Plea to support KEGG >> http://www.kegg.jp/kegg/docs/plea.html >> and the comment in the Editorial of the NAR DB issue >> (Nucl. Acids Res. 2012 40 D1: D1-D8). >> http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/content/40/D1/D1.full >> >> If someone has further information for clarifying the situation it would >> be great to share it on the emailing list. >> >> - Asta >> >> >> ? ? ? ?[[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bioconductor mailing list >> Bioconductor at r-project.org >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor >> Search the archives: >> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >> > > > > -- > If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, > it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is. John von > Neumann<http: www-groups.dcs.st-="" and.ac.uk="" ~history="" biographies="" von_neumann.html=""> > > ? ? ? ?[[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor at r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > Search the archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor -- -------- Dr. January Weiner 3 -------------------------------------- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology Charit?platz 1 D-10117 Berlin, Germany Web?? : www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de Tel? ?? : +49-30-28460514
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