There is now a subsystem search page on the NMPDR Development Site. It contains a collapsable tree of the subsystems, and you can choose any node in the tree to get all the features in the subsystems below it. In addition, each leaf node links to the NMPDR display page for the subsystem.
I'm not entirely comfortable with this page, because it feels like I should be able to click somewhere and find out what the subsystems do or what the terms mean. Unfortunately, that information is not in the database, and I'm not qualified to make it up on my own.
In any case, we finally have a directory of subsystems on the NMPDR, which has been a glaring omission for some time now, and this has enabled me to move in Leslie's new search instructions page, which will hopefully make the site easier to use.
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OK, I just selected the amino acids and derivatives category and clicked go, expecting to see the list of ss that belong to that category. Instead I got 61,335 matches. To what?
Posted by leslie | November 14, 2006 8:30 AM
Posted on November 14, 2006 08:30
Can we just get rid of the big image buttons and use the button style on an html button for GBrowse and NMPDR?
Posted by leslie | November 14, 2006 8:33 AM
Posted on November 14, 2006 08:33
It's actually a search for features filtered by subsystem. I added a keyword box to make that clearer. To get to the subsystems themselves you click on the tree buttons. I guess I need to make the tree more tree-like.
I've added the buttons to my to-do list. It's a teensy bit trickier than it looks because I have to convert from linked images to mini-forms.
Posted by Bruce | November 15, 2006 4:39 AM
Posted on November 15, 2006 04:39