I'd really like to see that refactored as a collaborative Google Wave gadget. - Dan Hagon

Me too, re: Google Wave gadget. Then add SBML support, use SBGN in the display, support MIRIAM annotations and I can retire penniless. - Neil Swainston

@Neil, there are a few other tools which support SBML and SBGN (see http://sbgn.org/Communi...). Wikipathways seem to be inventing yet another pathway format and dont provide a conversion to any other existing "standard". Shame as it would benefit everyone if they did. - Frank

Thinking about it a little more, I'd really like to see the above refactored as a collaborative Google Wave Gadget. I've been involved in about five network reconstruction "jamborees" now, which involve flying loads of people around the World to sit in a room and discuss things that they could do with PathVisio (if it supported SBML...) or Payao. Anyways, this costs a fortune (see the author list for http://www.nature.com/nbt... and do a little mental arithmetic to tot up flights and accommodation and whatnot). Anyone with the appropriate nous / interest interested? - Neil Swainston

@Neil: WikiPathways is intended exactly for that type of collaborative pathway creation. WikiPathways pathway format is based on, and developed in cooperation with, http://www.genmapp.org. So admittedly it's not a widely supported standard, but at least it wasn't a complete new invention. SBML / SBGN support is on its way. Re Google Wave: unfortunately, all this work predated Google Wave by several years... - Martijn van Iersel