GalaxyX: software gerador de interfaces XML de programas de bioinformática para integração no framework galaxy

Abstract

The bioinformatics field arose from the necessity of analyzing large collections biologic data. Considering the recent advances in biological data generation technologies, such as DNA sequencers, the amount of data is considerably growing and requires computational systems to perform its analysis. Given the software requirement to execute these analyses other problems take place, for example, the lack of specialized staff and/or the low quality of the available software. As an outcome, the utilization of bioinformatics softwares becomes a complex task, since the most researches have biology-related background. The identification of these problems has led to the pursuit for new resources that facilitate the software execution and data analysis; for example, frameworks. The bioinformatics frameworks have resources that simplify the creation and utilization of tools, allowing the development of elaborated solutions through its intrinsic functionalities. Within the bioinformatics frameworks, Galaxy stands out by virtue of its features such as an unified interface, type validation, possibility of the new software integration, pipeline developing via graphical interface and wide documentation. Even though Galaxy contains a considerable set of pre-installed tools, it and all other frameworks require scripts/interfaces development in order to integrate new software. Based on the identified problems, we propose the GalaxyX tool to facilitate the Galaxy interface development process, aiming towards simplification. GalaxyX is expected to facilitate the Galaxy interface development process, consequently increasing the number of available interfaces to the community.