Roadmap

GenoRing

GenoRing is composed by 5 main independent parts with documentation and each part has its own roadmap:

• GenoRing framework (the main part)
• GenoRing Composer template (the composer skeleton to install Drupal with GenoRing distribution)
• GenoRing Drupal distribution (providing default Drupal modules and pre-configuration)
• GenoRing Drupal module (providing both the user and admin interfaces)
• GenoRing Drupal theme (providing the look-and-feel of the interface)
• GenoRing documentation (provide project documentation, support and tutorials)

GenoRing framework

• API refactoring: split main Perl script in multiple library files to be available for local hook scripts (almost done)
• Module refactoring:
  • improve support for module inter-dependencies - done
  • separate Gigwa module in 2 modules to have a separated common MongoDB module available for other modules
  • separate JBrowse module in 2 modules and have a bioinformatics tool module for back-end that can be shared
  • implement the bioinformatics module
• Release the framework on GitHub (will be done once the project is stable enough for public testing)
• Provide a core (framework) update system (not just the module update system)

GenoRing Composer template

Done.

GenoRing Drupal distribution

• Refine default module selection

GenoRing Drupal module

• Rework the dataset user interface
• Implement a plugin system to manage directory structure
  • Design
  • Plugin structure definition
  • Default plugin implementation
• Improve dashboard
• Implement a dataset entry "identifier" service
• Provide a GenoRing network service

GenoRing Drupal theme

• Change default background
• Add support for header image selection
• Investigate a SPA mode
• ...

GenoRing documentation

• Installation tutorial
• Implement a Drupal tour
• Provide data loading tutorials
• Provide site customization tutorials
• Provide a BrAPI tutorial
• Provide a JSON:API tutorial
• ...

Other elements

• Germplasm collection management module
• Execution framework: Tripal Tasks module
• Improve Gigwa Drupal module (SSO)
• Align JBrowse Tripal module with GenoRing
• Galaxy module
• ...

Last update: 08/10/2025.