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# Project title: TTFD

Date: 21-Dec-2021

## Participants

* Alex Botzki
* James Collier
* Rinaldo Beck
* Bart Ghesquiere
* Dries Verdegem
* Kirsten Mestach

## Outline

### Internal evaluation:

Metabolomics Core facility (tracer metabolism). Change carbon atoms to carbon 13 and incorporated in downstream metabolites. The software gives suggestions of possible answers to the question: how did I get this and this incorporation? The website is a database of these explanations.

May have individuals (admin; Dries) add data to the database. These data can
also come from other databases.

James: Seems like it need not be dynamic?
Answer: currently true. Extensions probably require some server-side
computation.

Alex: Where is the value (for commercialisation)?
Industry doesn't have experts like Bart. They always do this via consultancy. So using this website would be cheaper. BioCyc and Metasite: Alex will check for commerical use ability.

Recon3D: Bart will for commercial use.

They are using a database??? with license conditions related to commercialisation attached.


Stage 1: 

> What is the purpose of the project?


> What are the major building blocks for the project?


> Where should the project run? (e.g. cluster, internet browser, ...)


> Can the project be open-source?


> How involved in development can the customer be? (Review PRs, attend demo sessions, ...)



## User info

### Internal evaluation:


> Who are your users? How technically literate are they?


> Will they want to use this software


> What might users not want?


## Features

### Internal evaluation

> Please describe the features you want in as much detail as possible (include priority where possible)


## Existing software and documentation

### Internal evaluation

> Do you already have an existing solution?


> How well documented is the existing solution?


> What alternatives exist?


> Does the software need to integrate with other systems?


> How well documented are these other systems?


## Other considerations

> Is there likely to be a publication with VIB Bioinformatics Core on the author list?