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		OrganismDbi VERSION 1.2.x


NEW FEATURES

    o There are now range based accessors (transcripts, exons, cds)
    that can be used to get data out of OrganismDb objects.  

    o There are now list oriented range based accesors (transcriptsBy,
    exonsBy, cdsBy) that can be used to get data out of OrganismDb
    objects

    o All these new ranged based operations allow users to extract
    additional metadata via mcols slot in the resulting object.  The
    extra data is specified via the columns argument to these methods.
    

SIGNIFICANT USER-VISIBLE CHANGES

    o New range based accessors allow you to get data back organized
    by range.  Please see associated manual pages and vignette for
    more details.


BUG FIXES

    o Show method for these objects is improved.

    o Documentation, tests and vignette updates for new methods.



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		OrganismDbi VERSION 1.0.0


PKG FEATURES

    o	OrganismDbi is for the creation and support of a new class of
    super-annotation packages

    o	'Stock' OrganismDbi packages are available for human mouse and
    rat with the 2.11 release of Bioconductor.

    o	OrganismDbi has functionality for generating these packages.

    o	OrganismDbi has methods that allow these packages to function.

    o	OrganismDbi works by combining resources from Annotation
    packages that implement the four methods needed for a "select"
    style interface.  The essense of this is detailed in the
    AnnotationDbi package, along with base classes etc.

