Java Treeview—extensible visualization of microarray data

AJ Saldanha - Bioinformatics, 2004 - academic.oup.com
AJ Saldanha
Bioinformatics, 2004academic.oup.com
Open source software encourages innovation by allowing users to extend the functionality of
existing applications. Treeview is a popular application for the visualization of microarray
data, but is closed-source and platform-specific, which limits both its current utility and
suitability as a platform for further development. Java Treeview is an open-source, cross-
platform rewrite that handles very large datasets well, and supports extensions to the file
format that allow the results of additional analysis to be visualized and compared. The …
Abstract
Summary: Open source software encourages innovation by allowing users to extend the functionality of existing applications. Treeview is a popular application for the visualization of microarray data, but is closed-source and platform-specific, which limits both its current utility and suitability as a platform for further development. Java Treeview is an open-source, cross-platform rewrite that handles very large datasets well, and supports extensions to the file format that allow the results of additional analysis to be visualized and compared. The combination of a general file format and open source makes Java Treeview an attractive choice for solving a class of visualization problems. An applet version is also available that can be used on any website with no special server-side setup.
Availability:  http://jtreeview.sourceforge.net under GPL.
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