WebServicesIDMapping

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April 13, 2007 Not yet completely written

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Proposal

Enhance Cytoscape’s data connectivity by putting together a basic API for a web service multiple groups implement as a test case for further development into web service/database connectivity for Cytoscape.

This case will deal with an id mapping/translation service.

Biological Questions / Use Cases

Biologists often need to translate one id to another to connect various pieces of data.

The mappings are available, but not easily accessible in Cytoscape currently.

General Notes

ISB’s Current ID Service:

• [description]
• [example wsdl]

Note that while it is implemented in SOAP, we get REST along with it so a REST api for Cytoscape is great.

Requirements

Deferred Items

Open Issues

Backward Compatibility

Expected growth and plan for growth

References

Services to look at for reference points: [http://biomoby.org BioMoby] (Registry/discovery tool) [http://discover.nci.nih.gov/matchminer/command.jsp NCI MatchMiner] (id mapping, do they have a web service interface?)

caBig – has an id mapping service, might not be simply accessible Onco (??) Translate ( Ethan )

Implementation Plan

• ["/Implementation Plan"]

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