B I O L 4 9 8 / C M S I 6 9 8
SP E C I A L ST U D I E S : BI O I N F O R M A T I C S
Spring 2006
Final Report and Evaluation
There is one last challenge posed by the uncon-
ventional and fluid nature of this course, and that
is how to determine the final grade. This last set
of deliverables is geared toward providing us
with a framework for making this last decision.
Statement of Work
Submit a 1–2 page report that summarizes the
work you have done, including but not limited to:
1. The components that you worked on in the
XMLPipeDB project.
2. The sections that you worked on in the final
class paper.
Conclude your report with an evaluation of your
work, describing what your goal was, how much
of it was achieved, and what follow-up work is
appropriate (whether to be performed by yourself
or by someone else). Note that “work” here does
not just involve software development; documen-
tation, testing, and evaluation are also fair game.
Overall Project Assessment
Evaluate the following components of XMLPi-
peDB (both software and paper) according to the
criteria described in the syllabus: design, func-
tionality, naming, comments (including external
documentation), and CVS use for the project, and
content, organization, writing, and polish for the
paper. Be specific where possible, for both good
and bad points (e.g., “Class xyz has duplicated
code in methods a and b,” “The way functional-
ity ghi is implemented is very flexible”):
•xsd2db
•xmlpipedbutils configuration
•xmlpipedbutils import
•xmlpipedbutils querying
•uniprotdb postprocessor
•godb postprocessor
•gmbuilder
This information will be useful not only for
grading, but for helping set future work and ac-
tion items on the project.
Determination of Final Grade
Given all of this information, the final breakdown
of your grades will consist of:
•10% homework — Since there was only one
truly individualized assignment (the NAR data-
base report), and everyone did “submit,” this is
essentially a freebie.
•20% overall paper — We will grade the overall
paper according to the criteria in the syllabus,
and this grade will be uniform for everyone.
•25% individual paper contribution — Based on
your statement of work, assessment by others,
and CVS logs, we will grade your individual
sections according to the criteria in the syllabus
and assign this grade on a per-student basis.
•20% overall project — Similar to the overall
paper grade, but this time for the XMLPipeDB
project code, using the criteria for code de-
scribed in the syllabus.
•25% individual project contribution — Similar
to the individual paper grade, but this time per-
taining to the XMLPipeDB project code.