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Welcome to the Escher wiki!

Documentation (Under Construction)

• Getting started (README)
• Escher File Format
• Javascript API Reference
• Python API Reference
• Example IPython Notebooks
• Performance notes
• Development Roadmap
• Tips for Development

Inspiration

• Web visualization tools
• Systems biology visualizations

The vision for the visbio and Escher

In systems biology, datasets are too large for traditional static plots. Each data mining excursion would benefit from a slightly different visualization approach. In the past couple years, with the advent of simple, modularized, web-based visualization tools, it has become possible to design specific and interactive visualizations for any application. The goal of visbio is to collect a set of such interactive plots, maps, graphs, dashboards, and images.

Escher, the first tool available as part of this effort, is a web-based viewer and builder for metabolic maps.

This is a work in progress, and any input or help is appreciated. Feel free to make pull requests. Unless otherwise noted, the work here is available under the MIT licence.