The highlight with Blackbird is great to see but we were confused by the intention of the Github fork. The codebase suggests that it is more than just a proof of concept to highlight BioJS as there is project-specific branding. Would the authors consider clarifying their position with Blackbird?
McDonald D and Bolyen E. Referee Report For: biojs-io-biom, a BioJS component for handling data in Biological Observation Matrix (BIOM) format [version 1; referees: 1 approved with reservations]. F1000Research 2016, 5:2348 (doi: 10.5256/f1000research.10362.r16546)
As referees of our f1000 article note:
McDonald D and Bolyen E. Referee Report For: biojs-io-biom, a BioJS component for handling data in Biological Observation Matrix (BIOM) format [version 1; referees: 1 approved with reservations]. F1000Research 2016, 5:2348 (doi: 10.5256/f1000research.10362.r16546)