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What is Tripal?
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Tripal is a collection of open-source freely available Drupal modules
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and is a member of the GMOD family of tools. Tripal serves as a web
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interface for the GMOD Chado database and is designed to allow anyone
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community supported tools.
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Features
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- a Chado installer
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- Data loaders for ontologies (controlled vocabularies), GFF files,
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and FASTA files
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custom layouts of Tripal Nodes
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Required Modules
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- Drupal 6.x (work is currently underway for a 7.x compatible
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version)
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- Drupal Core Modules: Search and Path
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- Views Data Export
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Installation
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1. Enable/Install the Tripal Core Module
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2. Install a Chado database
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- Either allow Tripal to add a chado database in a separate
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links (Administer -> Tripal Managment -> [Module Name]
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Customization
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Tripal can be used “as is” but also allows for complete customization.
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PHP-based template files are provided for all data types to allow for
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precise customizations as required by the community. A well-developed
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accessing any and all data within the Chado database.
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Future Work
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Currently, Tripal only supports visualization of a subset of the
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current Chado schema, but further development is underway. Meanwhile,
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others can use the Tripal API to develop their own extensions. Those
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