protocol generating program?

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Jeswin

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Feb 9, 2012, 5:15:38 PM2/9/12
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I liked the Biocoder project but I can't find a dedicated website
except one made by Microsoft explaining its use [1].I'm not even sure
if the stuff on the MS site is the same Biocoder mentioned here on
DIYbio previously. I wanted to type up my protocols and make it look
nice but I don't really feel like setting up my own format with Latex.
It's been a while since I used latex so I'll need a refresher but I
don't have much free time these days.

What options do I have? Is the bioCoder on the MS site the same as
described on DIYbio?

[1] http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/india/projects/biocoder/tutorial/index.html

Ravasz

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Feb 10, 2012, 5:30:30 AM2/10/12
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Hi,

I dunno if it actually helps, but I use google docs for writing lab
books. One can create templates there for specific experiments, but I
also often reuse older files by copying them and filling in the new
numbers as I go. Its online, so I can access it from any computer and
is also backed up, so I can't lose it.

Cheers,
Mat
> [1]http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/india/projects/biocoder/tutori...

Jeswin

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Feb 10, 2012, 9:48:23 PM2/10/12
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Ok, I'll see if I can work something out with google docs.

I went and checked out OpenWetWare. Is everything published on OWW
publicly accessibly? If so, I don't think it might be a good notebook
for me.

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Nathan McCorkle

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Feb 10, 2012, 10:11:00 PM2/10/12
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Biocoder looks pretty cool!

It looks like Bryan Bishop started a topic with a lot of different stuff cited:
"Data model for machine parsable protocols?"
http://groups.google.com/group/diybio/browse_thread/thread/19df187ef1014735?pli=1

Its pretty long so I'll need some time to read through it to get a
better opinion of if anything out there is good or not right now.

It would be awesome to start a database of programmatically defined
protocols, then people can really start to modularize stuff!

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Bryan Bishop

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Feb 10, 2012, 10:51:36 PM2/10/12
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On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Nathan McCorkle wrote:
Biocoder looks pretty cool!

It looks like Bryan Bishop started a topic with a lot of different stuff cited:
"Data model for machine parsable protocols?"
http://groups.google.com/group/diybio/browse_thread/thread/19df187ef1014735?pli=1

 
It would be awesome to start a database of programmatically defined
protocols, then people can really start to modularize stuff!

I think he just wanted some way to avoid writing LaTeX.. which makes biocoder a peculiar choice. It might render LaTeX but it's not really used by anyone.. plus it has its own cryptic way of writing things out. I mean, if something like "google docs" is a potential solution to his problem, then biocoder definitely isn't even contending heh.

@Jonathan, are you ever going to post your protocol grammar?

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Jeswin

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Feb 11, 2012, 10:21:29 AM2/11/12
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On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Bryan Bishop <kan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think he just wanted some way to avoid writing LaTeX.. which makes
> biocoder a peculiar choice. It might render LaTeX but it's not really used
> by anyone.. plus it has its own cryptic way of writing things out. I mean,
> if something like "google docs" is a potential solution to his problem, then
> biocoder definitely isn't even contending heh.
>

I'll have a look at LaTeX again; I just didn't want to make a new
template. I just liked the output from BioCoder. Maybe I'll figure out
a LaTeX template that looks like the 3-box style in BioCoder

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