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- Bioinformatics tools are essential for analyzing complex high-throughput data, but many existing tools may not adequately address the broader community's needs.
- A novel community-driven approach was adopted to enhance the FunRich tool by inviting researchers to request new features, resulting in the implementation of 90% of these suggestions.
- FunRich now includes a plugin for analyzing extracellular vesicles, encouraging collaborative development in creating more effective analysis tools across various scientific disciplines.
Article Abstract
Bioinformatics tools are imperative for the in depth analysis of heterogeneous high-throughput data. Most of the software tools are developed by specific laboratories or groups or companies wherein they are designed to perform the required analysis for the group. However, such software tools may fail to capture "what the community needs in a tool". Here, we describe a novel community-driven approach to build a comprehensive functional enrichment analysis tool. Using the existing FunRich tool as a template, we invited researchers to request additional features and/or changes. Remarkably, with the enthusiastic participation of the community, we were able to implement 90% of the requested features. FunRich enables plugin for extracellular vesicles wherein users can download and analyse data from Vesiclepedia database. By involving researchers early through community needs software development, we believe that comprehensive analysis tools can be developed in various scientific disciplines.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5505018 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20013078.2017.1321455 | DOI Listing |
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