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Zachary Van Ysseldyk's Reflection

1. Coming from a more technical background, I do feel more comfortable with data diversity. I think that if I was given a certain data format and I had to change it, I would be able to find a way to do that. I think that the implementation of "sed" is a little confusing, but the concept itself makes sense to me.
2. I think that there should be a universal data format for biological databases. I think that at some point there will be. This is not to say that the format of the data format cannot be altered, but I do think that one universal standard would be more efficient. Almost like how HTML is the standard web page language, one can alter and change HTML to read as wiki markup, however the foundation is HTML.
3. I think I have gone beyond my comfort zone with this class in regards to biology. I have not taken biology since sophomore year of high school, so the biology side of it is very intense for me. I think that the biology readings are a little too intense. I know that we are college student and that there is a standard that we must uphold, however these academic biological journals are extremely difficult to understand. My understanding was that we would be exposed to the basics of computer science and the basics of biology, however these biological academic journals are so foreign to me I have to look up every other word. Other than that I think that this class definitely challenges me to get outside of my academic comfort zone.

Zvanysse (talk) 11:49, 15 October 2017 (PDT) Zvanysse

BIOL/CMSI 367-01: Biological Databases Fall 2017

Assignments

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Individual Assignments

Zvanysse Week 1 | Zvanysse Week 2 | Zvanysse Week 3 | Zvanysse Week 4 | Zvanysse Week 5 | Zvanysse Week 6 | Zvanysse Week 7 | Zvanysse Week 8 | Zvanysse Week 9 | Zvanysse Week 10 | Zvanysse Week 11 | Zvanysse Week 12 | Zvanysse Week 14 | Zvanysse Week 15

Shared Journals

Zvanysse Week 1 Journal | Zvanysse Week 2 Journal | Zvanysse Week 3 Journal | Zvanysse Week 4 Journal | Zvanysse Week 5 Journal | Zvanysse Week 6 Journal | Zvanysse Week 7 Journal | Zvanysse Week 8 Journal | Zvanysse Week 9 Journal | Zvanysse Week 10 Journal | Zvanysse Week 11 Journal | Zvanysse Week 12 Journal | Zvanysse Week 14 Journal

Antonio Porras's Responses

#How confident do you feel at this point about handling this data diversity? If you were given data in one format, do you feel that you would be able to find ways to read this format or to convert the data to a different one?

#Do you think there will ever be “one true data format” for biological databases? Why or why not?

#Considering your emphasis coming into this class (e.g., biology, computer science, etc.), how would you evaluate your exposure beyond your comfort zone so far? Is it too much? Too little? Just right? Any specific areas that you would like to encounter?