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tags: InterMine, community-call
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# InterMine community call 2021-02-04

**Time/date:** 17.00 GMT 2021-02-04 (February 4th, 2021)
**Other timezones:** https://arewemeetingyet.com/London/2021-02-04/17:00

## Joining the call:
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- Meeting ID: 880 9489 7403
- Passcode: 539009

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- Don't forget to turn on your webcam! :)

Attendees: Name / InterMine / Project / social handles if desired
- Daniela Butano / Cambridge team
- Asher Pasha / BAR Araport ThaleMine / t: @AsherPasha
- Paulo Nuin / Wormbase
- Andrew Farmer / NCGR / LegumeInfo
- Lilly Winfree / Open Knowledge Foundation + Frictionless Data / @lilscientista (twitter)
- Kevin Herald / InterMine
- Sam Hokin / NCGR / LegumeInfo
- Joe Carlson / Phytozome/JGI
- Kalpana Karra / SGD
- Nikhil Vats / Frictionless Toolfund Grantee

## Agenda

### Introduction
[Daniela]
- 🎥 This call is being recorded - please turn your camera off if you'd rather your face doesn't end up on youtube :)
- Reminder: Code of Conduct! [View code of conduct](http://intermine.org/code-of-conduct/)
- Generally: please treat others with respect and kindness, no matter who they are. We know you do this already!
- If you have any issues, please speak to:
- Rachel Lyne [e-mail] or
- Daniela Butano [e-mail]

### Items
- Frictionless Data
- Introduction [Lilly Winfree, PhD - Product Owner, Frictionless Data for Reproducible Research] ([slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQMv0WFjYzwRKMi1v9pw2KG5pzHf9bmViRIC4GRYyPYwQlOfi2ewXg6YCFXeleo_OHIDDdhYVrl9qZH/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000)) email: [e-mail]
- Frictionless Specifications for InterMine [Nikhil Vats] ([slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kOb1WpZS6aIiCTHGfemmKkxJ8NHpnTojEj4nP_dY3K4/edit?usp=sharing)) email: [e-mail]
- Questions
- Frictionless is involve machines and human, when describing data maybe better use the ontology term but also a more specific human readable descrption is fine
- Frictionless python code (describe data, validate data, transform data): https://github.com/frictionlessdata/frictionless-py
- browser tools:
- create datapackages: https://create.frictionlessdata.io/
- validata data: http://try.goodtables.io/
- InterMine SPARQL endpoint [Daniela]
- R2RML mapping and Ontop ([slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DnQ9PsEQSfsHTB6TvGgHm-USKQO7U2C0M1hao_VdMNk/edit?usp=sharing))
- SPARQL endpoint Demo
- Questions
- The code will be integrated as a new postprocess
- The mapping should work for SimpleObject too, but it needs to be tested
- federation queries with data providers using SPARQL endpoint (uniprot, disgenet)
- this approach might bring new ideas, open new directions
- Outreachy December round [Rachel]
- new user interface documention
- update of existing intermine + bluegenes DEV documentation
- GSoC - Deadlines: 29 Jan-19 Feb: Open source organizations applications
- Interaction Tests for BlueGenes
- Js library to allow clients to query InterMine
- BlueGenes quick update [Kevin]
- Quick overview of notable additions since last call
- Introduction to configuring Bluegenes for your organisation's mines
- [Flowchart for below](https://whimsical.com/bluegenes-deployment-QAYmWubSjSB1MH2gbHvSif)
- Approaches to deployment of Bluegenes
- An instance for each organisation's mine
- One instance for all organisation's mines
- How to allow an external Bluegenes to use visualization tools of a registry mine?
- Aim to deploy Bluegenes on the same domain as the mine(s)
- ex: `humanmine.org/humanmine/service` will point to the Intermine server, and any other path to Bluegenes
- An external Bluegenes will request `humanmine.org/api` (Bluegenes' backend) for its visualization tools
- Specify the URL of each mine's Bluegenes instance in the InterMine Registry
- **Input from community is encouraged!**

### Next calls
- Next date: **May 6 2021**.