
The Boss acts as a hub that routes messages from one goose to another.
A database or software program that is capable of communicating with the Gaggle framework
is called a Goose. Here is a (partial) list of Geese:
- Annotation. Search for functional annotations.
- Cytoscape. Network visualization.
- DMV. Datamatrix Viewer.
- Firegoose. Connect the Gaggle to the Web.
- Genome Browser. View data in genomic context.
- MeV. MultiExperiment Viewer. Cluster and visualize microarray data.
- R Goose. Exchange data between the R statistical environment and the Gaggle.
- Translator. Translate identifiers between naming systems or (by orthology) between organisms.
- MatGoose. Exchange data between MatLab and the Gaggle.
- Bioinformatics Resource Manager. A general purpose data management, analysis and integration environment for systems biology.
- Script Goose. A goose with an embedded HTTP server and command-line client, allowing programs written in any language to communicate with the Gaggle.