grunwaldlab / grunwaldlab/metacoder

Add parser for GenBank taxonomy database

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Description

ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/

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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reviewing metacoder's existing parsing code and the NCBI taxonomy resource at ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/ to determine the expected GenBank format. Done means the database can be parsed by metacoder and the result is verified against representative taxonomy data.

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Assessment

Tech stack
r
Domain
bioinformatics, databases
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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