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This page describes the timing of the upcoming releases to the BRCA Exchange data and portal, and documents recent releases. In accordance to the development process, the software development proceeds in specific stages of:

  • first prototyping new functionality with wireframes or software prototypes
  • then soliciting feedback on those prototypes from the larger BRCA Exchange community, and updating the prototypes and wireframes accordingly
  • next developing software to implement the functionality prototyped,
  • finally staging a beta release, in which the software is evaluated in its accuracy at implementing the prototyped functionality.

Release 40: July 2020

Timeline

  • Released to beta on August 5, 2020
  • Released to production on August 12, 2020

Features

  • Introduction of structured search query links for searching PubMed and Google.

Release 39: June 2020

Timeline

  • Released to beta on July 7, 2020
  • Released to production on July 14, 2020

Features

  • Integration with the ClinGen Allele Registry

Release 38: May 2020

Timeline

  • Released to beta on June 1, 2020
  • Released to production on June 8, 2020

Features

  • No user-facing features. Data update only.

Release 37: March 2020

Timeline

  • Released to beta on April 22, 2020
  • Released to production on April 29, 2020

Features

  • Integration of gnomAD subpopulation data and 95% Confidence Filter Allele Frequency threshold
  • Completed migration to Python 3

Release 36: February 2020

Timeline

  • Released to beta on March 5, 2020
  • Released to production on March 12, 2020

Features

  • Introduction of an API endpoint for the GA4GH Variant Representation Standard (VRS) 1.0

December 2019

Timeline

  • Released to beta on December 19, 2019
  • Released to production on January 2, 2020

Features

  • Updated LOVD with Clinical Classification annotations
  • HGVS-compliant genomic coordinates

October 2019

Timeline

  • Released to beta on November 6, 2019
  • Released to production on November 13, 2019

Features

  • Integration of gnomAD intronic variants
  • Integration of a new, generalized back-end pipeline

August 2019

Timeline

  • Released to beta on August 22, 2019
  • Released to production on August 22, 2019

Features

  • Integration with gnomAD exonic and splice region variants
  • Introduction of the crowdsourcing campaign

May 2019

Timeline

  • Released to beta on May 22, 2019
  • Released to production on May 29, 2019

Features

  • Expanded support for previous versions of variants
  • Update of the BIC tile to indicate that BIC is no longer actively curated

April 2019

Timeline

  • Released to beta on April 24, 2019
  • Released to production on May 1, 2019

Features

  • Updated the documentation organization

February 2019

Timeline

  • Released to beta on February 26, 2019
  • Released to production on March 8, 2019

Features

  • Added the Functional Assay tile, with a subtile for the Findlay/Starita functional assay data
  • Updated the help text for the Functional Assay and Literature Search data
  • Several behind-the-scenes security and performance improvements

December 2018

Timeline

  • Released to beta on December 18, 2018
  • Released to production on January 4, 2019

Features

  • Incorporated the first (early) release of literature search results
  • Added support for displaying changes from previous versions of LOVD submissions, analogous to the support for ClinVar submissions.

November 2018

Timeline

  • Released to beta on November 8, 2018
  • Released to production on November 15, 2018

Features

  • Renamed the portals to Summary View and Detail View
  • Group LOVD submissions by variant, submitter and analysis method. Previously, LOVD submissions were grouped by variant and submitter only.

September 2018

Timeline

  • Released to beta on October 12, 2018
  • Released to production on October 19, 2018

Features

  • Updated data only, no new portal features

August 2018

Timeline

  • Released to beta on September 7, 2018
  • Released to production on September 14, 2018

Features

  • in silico_ prior probabilities for missense variants
  • List of the expected synonyms (alternative variant names) expected for each variant

July 2018

Timeline

  • Released to beta on August 1, 2018
  • Released to production on August 8, 2018

Features

  • Database performance optimization
  • Help text reorganization

June 2018

Timeline

  • Released to beta on July 5, 2018
  • Released to production on July 12, 2018

Features

  • Updated LOVD tile and documentation
  • Help text tooltips

May 2018

Timeline

  • Released to beta on June 3, 2018
  • Released to production on June 10, 2018

Features

  • Release of MuPIT integration
  • Update of the transcript visualization tile

April 2018

Timeline

  • Released to beta on April 27, 2018
  • Released to production on May 7, 2018

Features

  • Release of the transcript visualization tile
  • Release of expanded versioning information, showing updates to individual ClinVar submissions
  • Refactoring of the Allele Frequency tile as a nested tile, for improved display properties
  • Expanded help text on variant searching, the clinical significance tiles, and the transcript visualization tile

March 2018

Timeline

  • Released to beta on April 3, 2018
  • Released to production on April 10, 2018

Features

  • Updated help text, including a new FAQ item describing how BRCA Exchange differs from other variant portals.

February 2018

Timeline

  • Released to beta on February 23, 2018
  • Released to production on March 2, 2018

Features

  • Updated data, no UI changes.

January 2018

Timeline

  • Released to beta on January 26, 2018
  • Released to production on February 5, 2018

Features

  • Nested clinical significance tiles
  • New help material under the expert-reviewed portal

December 2017

Timeline

  • Released to beta on December 20, 2017
  • Released to production on January 3, 2018

Features

  • Updated data, no new UI features

November 2017

Timeline

  • Released to beta on November 29, 2017
  • Released to production on December 6, 2017

Features

  • Updated data, no new UI features

October 2017

Timeline

  • Released to beta on October 26, 2017
  • Anticipating a release to production on November 2, 2017

Features

  • For variants contained in LOVD, added hyperlinks to the original LOVD variant data
  • Added functionality to view the scaled allele frequency graphs at the 1% and 0.1% scale

September 2017

Timeline

  • Released to beta on September 25, 2017
  • Released to production on October 2, 2017

Features

  • Standardized on the NCBI Entrez gene boundaries, fixing a configuration bug that was pulling in variants outside of the gene from the population frequency repositories (ExAC, 1000 Genomes, ESP).
  • For variants contained in ClinVar, added hyperlinks to the original variant data at ClinVar.
  • Expanded the search functionality to allow spaces between the gene name (or reference sequence identifier) and variant identifier
  • Containerized the pipeline as a Docker container

Late August 2017

Timeline

  • Released to beta on August 24, 2017
  • Released to production on September 8, 2017

Features

  • Splicing data will be generated by the pipeline
  • Allele frequency graphs on variant detail pages
  • Link to download new splicing data. This will be a separate download from our current download since the data is so different

Early August 2017

Timeline

  • Released to beta on August 1, 2017
  • Target release to production on August 7, 2017

Features

  • Under the Variant Detail pages in the All Public Data portal, the genomic coordinates are now hyperlinked to the UCSC Genome Browser, and its new BRCA Exchange track hub! Credits to Max Haeussler and Zack Fischmann.
  • The Facts & Stats pages now offers graphs showing the breakdown of variants by expert review status.
  • Max allele frequency is now calculated from the subpopulations in ExAC, 1000 Genomes and ESP, as the largest of any reference population allele frequency.
  • Max allele frequency is now one of the default columns in the All Public Data portal, replacing Allele Frequency (which is still available as an optional field)

June 2017

Timeline

  • Released to beta on June 26, 2017
  • Target release to production on June 30, 2017

Features

  • Adds content from ExAC Minus TCGA: allele frequencies, allele counts, allele numbers, and homozygous allele counts for the subpopulations AFR, AMR, EAS, FIN, NFE, OTH, SAS.

May 2017

Timeline

  • Released to beta on May 24, 2017
  • Target release to production on May 31, 2017

Features

  • Adds the LOVD fields Variant Effect, Genetic Origin, Submitters, Functional Analysis Method and Functional Analysis Result. Many thanks to the LOVD team!
  • Adds the Show / Hide Column Section buttons to the All Public Data portal.
  • Makes column selection and filter selection persistent between sessions.
  • Adds the Restore Defaults button to restore default settings for column selection and filters.

April 2017

Timeline

  • Released to beta on April 24, 2017
  • Target release to production on May 1, 2017

Features

  • New tiled user interface for the variant details pages
  • New Facts & Stats page

March 2017

Timeline

  • Released to beta on March 22, 2017
  • Target release to production on March 29, 2017

Features

  • Back-end refactoring

Feb 2017

Timeline

  • Released to beta on February 21, 2011
  • Target release to production on March 1, 2017

Features

  • Updates the data
  • Adds the video to the home page
  • Adds the Data Submission Policy

Versioning 2.0

Timeline

  • Released to beta on December 12, 2016
  • Released to production on January 6, 2017

Features

  • An interface to allow users to see how the data on a variant has been changing, implementing the Versioning 2.0 wireframes.

Versioning 1.0

Timeline

  • Released to beta on November 3, 2016
  • Released to production on November 8, 2016

Features

  • An interface to allow users to download previous versions of the download data, implementing the Versioning 1.0 wireframes.
  • Release notes outlining what major changes have been made to the variant data since the previous release, and showing the provenance of that data.
  • Updated data
  • Data generated by automated execution of Luigi scripts.
  • Support GA4GH APIs, along with a help page on how to use these APIs

Community Pages 1.0

Timeline

  • Released to beta on Aug 30, 2016
  • Released to production on Sept 12, 2016

Features

  • A world map showing the geographic locations of the community members
  • Ability for users to register their accounts and log in to change account information
  • Automated email notification when users create new accounts
  • Password recovery
  • Updated navigation bar at top of screen
  • For reference here is a link to the wireframes

Tier 1 Cleanup

Timeline

  • Released to beta on Aug 18, 2016
  • Released to production on Aug 29, 2016

Features

  • Replaces the previous Default Mode / Research Pages toggle on the menu bar with a new Expert Reviewed / All Public Data toggle in the upper text box on the Variants page.
  • Provides specific user interface features in Expert Reviewed mode as outlined in the Expert Reviewed Wireframes
  • Updated wording on the front page

Note: We had anticipated updating the variant data with this release. We have had to delay the update to ensure the quality of the data to be released. We anticipate having new data available near the beginning of September.

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