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Revert Blackbird branding #23

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iimog opened this issue Oct 18, 2016 · 0 comments
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Revert Blackbird branding #23

iimog opened this issue Oct 18, 2016 · 0 comments

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iimog commented Oct 18, 2016

As a referee to our f1000 article notes:

Since this project is based on the Phinch framework, I find the "Blackbird" rebranding of the fork to be very problematic. The "Blackbird" instance is really just an updated release of the Phinch framework, with some bug fixes, added features, and implementation of the new BIOM conversion server. The rebranding/renaming is confusing for the end user (see comment by other peer reviewer below), and mistakenly implies a number of scenarios that are not accurate: 1) that the authors were involved in the original development of data visualization tools, 2) that the Blackbird rebranding and design changes were approved from by the original developers, and 3) the "Blackbird" project represents a significant expansion or retooling of the current Phinch framework. I’m fully aware that this is open source software and the authors are free to reuse and share the Phinch codebase, but I don't really see the utility of the "Blackbird" rebranding, and creating an additional web instance that mostly replicates the functionality of http://phinch.org will confuse end users.

Since the authors here are really community contributors to the original Phinch project, I would recommend eliminating the "Blackbird" rebranding of the project, and reverting back to Phinch branding (citing the framework release as Phinch v2.0). We will then initiate a pull request to update the bug fixes and integrate the new biojs-io-biom source code to be live on http://phinch.org The visual layout for Phinch (name, logo and visualization layout) was thoughtfully constructed, and the new Blackbird logo and visual modifications will likely interfere with “brand recognition” that should be attributed to the original Phinch framework.

Once this pull request is initiated and completed, the “Application” manuscript text should be updated to reflect the live implementation of the conversion library on a v2.0 Phinch framework at phinch.org.

Bik H. Referee Report For: biojs-io-biom, a BioJS component for handling data in Biological Observation Matrix (BIOM) format [version 1; referees: 2 approved with reservations]. F1000Research 2016, 5:2348
(doi: 10.5256/f1000research.10362.r16436)

As discussed here: PitchInteractiveInc/Phinch#63
the re-naming to Blackbird will be reverted and changes will be integrated into the official Phinch instance.

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