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. 2024 Feb 20;2024:gigabyte111. doi: 10.46471/gigabyte.111
Reviewer name and names of any other individual's who aided in reviewer Zexuan Zhu
Do you understand and agree to our policy of having open and named reviews, and having your review included with the published manuscript. (If no, please inform the editor that you cannot review this manuscript.) Yes
Is the language of sufficient quality? Yes
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Is there a clear statement of need explaining what problems the software is designed to solve and who the target audience is? Yes
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Is the source code available, and has an appropriate Open Source Initiative license <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses" target="_blank">(https://opensource.org/licenses)</a> been assigned to the code? Yes
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As Open Source Software are there guidelines on how to contribute, report issues or seek support on the code? Yes
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Is the code executable? Yes
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Is installation/deployment sufficiently outlined in the paper and documentation, and does it proceed as outlined? Yes
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Is the documentation provided clear and user friendly? Yes
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Is there enough clear information in the documentation to install, run and test this tool, including information on where to seek help if required? Yes
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Is there a clearly-stated list of dependencies, and is the core functionality of the software documented to a satisfactory level? Yes
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Have any claims of performance been sufficiently tested and compared to other commonly-used packages? Yes
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Is test data available, either included with the submission or openly available via cited third party sources (e.g. accession numbers, data DOIs)? Yes
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Are there (ideally real world) examples demonstrating use of the software? Yes
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Is automated testing used or are there manual steps described so that the functionality of the software can be verified? Yes
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Any Additional Overall Comments to the Author It would be helpful if some examples can be provided to illustrate the key steps, e.g., the gene region annotation process and MID correction. Some information of the references is missing. Please carefully check the format of the references.
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