Reviewer name and names of any other individual's who aided in reviewer |
hongyun shang |
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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? |
Unable to test |
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Is installation/deployment sufficiently outlined in the paper and documentation, and does it proceed as outlined? |
Unable to test |
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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? |
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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)? |
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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? |
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Any Additional Overall Comments to the Author |
This is a comprehensive database with many features that improves the shortcomings of cannabis species that had no genome database in the past. It is a good work. Here are some minor suggestions: 1. Did not find the function of searching gene and protein sequences directly by gene id without providing chromosome location, which may be a common feature of many omics databases. 2. In the chapter "The need for cannabis multi-omics databases and analysis platforms", "There are no analysis tools or results available on this website", "No results available" seems inappropriate. 3. In the chapter "Cannabis - Omics, Genetic and Phenotypic Datasets in the Public Domain", "Crop Ontology" Crop Ontology, is "Crop Ontology" repeated? |
Recommendation |
Minor Revisions |