https://oldclassic.wikipathways.org/index.php?title=WikiPathways:ExitBeta_Announcement&action=history Revision history for this page on the wiki en MediaWiki 1.13.1 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 15:45:48 GMT https://oldclassic.wikipathways.org/index.php?title=WikiPathways:ExitBeta_Announcement&diff=108532&oldid=prev <p>exit beta</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>January 1, 2020<br /> <br /> Twelve years ago we launched WikiPathways as the first community curated pathway database committed to open science principles, which are now well summarized by [https://www.go-fair.org/fair-principles the FAIR standards]. We started with high-quality pathway models inherited from the GenMAPP project, which had already been running for 7 years. We labeled the project at the start as “beta” to express the rapid development cycle and the long list of planned features to extend the core functionality. <br /> We identified over 60 target features and services, which spanned everything from establishing web services, tutorials, and third-party tool support to maturing closely associated projects like [https://bio.tools/bridgedb BridgeDb] and [https://bio.tools/pathvisio PathVisio]. These features and services have been completed, tested and released into production. In fact, many of them have already established a role in modern research. Our monthly release of approved pathways has been integrated into [[Help:Supported_Software_Tools|tools like Enrichr, NDEx, and WebGestalt]]. WikiPathways web services are regularly used as part of omics workflows by Cytoscape users as well as other academic and industry users.<br /> <br /> While development will continue as always, the current WikiPathways site and content are stable, reliable resources continually curated in collaboration with a network of expert communities. As of the posting of this letter on the first of January 2020, we proudly announce that WikiPathways is officially no longer in beta. Please find [[How_to_cite_WikiPathways#Trademark|our new logo]] and update any references or sites accordingly.<br /> <br /> ''Thanks for your support in building and using WikiPathways!''<br /> <br /> <br /> '''References and Links'''<br /> * https://www.go-fair.org/fair-principles<br /> * https://bio.tools/bridgedb<br /> * https://bio.tools/pathvisio<br /> * https://www.wikipathways.org/index.php/Help:Supported_Software_Tools<br /> * https://www.wikipathways.org/index.php/How_to_cite_WikiPathways#Trademark</div> Wed, 01 Jan 2020 21:07:23 GMT AlexanderPico https://oldclassic.wikipathways.org/index.php/WikiPathways_talk:ExitBeta_Announcement