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  1. Learn Chado
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  3. .. _GMOD: http://gmod.org/wiki/Main_Page
  4. .. _Chado: http://gmod.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Chado
  5. .. note::
  6. While you can use Tripal out-of-the-box for a whole genome or transcriptome based website, You will need a good understanding of Chado_ to expand into other data types and to take full advantage of Tripal
  7. The primary data store for Tripal is Chado_. Chado_ is an open-source database schema managed by GMOD_. Chado was selected for Tripal because it is open-source, it is maintained by the community in which anyone can provide input, and use of Chado_ encourages common data storage between online biological sites which decreases duplication of effort.
  8. Chado_ is meant to be installed into a PostgreSQL database and is designed to house a variety of biological data. For example, Tripal comes with a variety of content types. However, if you want to create new content types you must know how that data will be stored in Chado_. Additionally, use of the Bulk Loader (a tab-delimited data loader for custom data formats) requires a good understanding of Chado_. Finally, creating extensions to Tripal requires an understanding of Chado_ to write SQL and or new Tripal fields. The following links provide training for Chado_.
  9. .. csv-table::
  10. :header: "Resource", "Link"
  11. "Chado Home Page", "http://gmod.org/wiki/Chado>"
  12. "Chado Tutorial", "http://gmod.org/wiki/Main_Page>"
  13. "Chado Table List", "http://gmod.org/wiki/Chado_Tables>"
  14. "Chado Best Practices", "http://gmod.org/wiki/Chado_Best_Practices>"