CoPE: A Collaborative Pedigree Environment last revised: Jun 6, 2000

• We are implementing an environment for pedigree management and drawing. This environment is intended as a facility for epidemiologists and statisticians to share their familial data through the networks. It is therefore implemented in Java (TM) and can be run on any major computer architecture without any prior package installation.

  As a first step, we have developped a pedigree editor using the AWT graphical library. This software is still an alpha-product and must be used with caution. Any feedback on CoPE will be greatly appreciated.

• We offer here two demonstrations of the version 0.5 of the CoPE applet, that runs on several examples of pedigrees.
  We recommend Netscape 4 over Netscape 3.
  This version is now downloadable.

  This graphical interface is highly configurable. Almost all parameters can be changed: style parameters (like font or color of the comment lines, title inclusion, sizes...), mapping parameters (like symbols form or color,...) and so on.
  Those parameters can be saved.
  

  It also draws haplotypes.

  In this fifth version, all functions are not yet enabled. It draws only simple pedigrees:
  - no mate between two individuals of different generations (for example uncle and niece)
  - no satisfactory drawing of multiple mates >= 3
  - no satisfactory drawing of crossed lines
  - no twins
  

  NB: the sixth version is in development and will be available in september.

• Demonstrations:
  
  • haplotyple example
    
  • other example
    

• For further information about version functionnalities and how to use this demonstration or download the distribution package, please, see the Information file.

• Formations
  Des sessions de formation pourront éventuellement être mises en place sur site ou à Infobiogen (après installation sur le site d'Evry).
  Pour plus amples renseignements, nous contacter: cope@infobiogen.fr

  
  

This software is developped by L. Brun-Samarcq (1) in collaboration with A. Philippi (2), S. Gallina (3), F. Demenais (2), G. Vaysseix (1) (4) and E. Barillot (1) (4).

(1) INFOBIOGEN, 7 rue Guy Môquet, BP8, 94801 Villejuif, FRANCE,
(2) INSERM U358, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, FRANCE,
(3) CNRS EP10, Institut de Biologie de Lille, 1 rue du Professeur Calmette, BP245, 59019 Lille, FRANCE
(4) Généthon, 1 bis rue de l'Internationale, BP60, 91002 Evry Cedex, FRANCE

This work was funded in part by the French Ministery of Education and Research.

Contact cope@infobiogen.fr, for any information or suggestion.

Please, see the copyright here.