[Go] GO Web Services

[Jim Hu]

Hi Rama,

I'm not sure what the others are talking about, but formally, web  
services are not the same as web-based tools.
Web services in my usage is stuff where a structured query dynamically  
returns something like an XML file that is readable by a computer.   
For example, EcoliWiki is a web-based tool, and I've been working on  
implementing a web service that takes a gene identifier and returns a  
structured XML document with the GO associations for that gene.  The  
distinction between web services and frequently updated downloads is a  
bit blurry in my mind.

Other examples include the E-Utils at PubMed, DAS for gbrowse, and the  
stuff you don't see in the background that updates Amazon pages from  
different publishers.   See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_service

Jim


On Mar 30, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Rama Balakrishnan wrote:

> Hi,
>
> May be I am missing the obvious here.
>
> We already have a page for GO tools-http://www.geneontology.org/
> GO.tools.shtml
> and this page is organized by what is web-based, downloadable,
> provided by GO etc.
>
> What will the proposed GO web services page include?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rama
>
>
>
> On Mar 28, 2008, at 5:01 AM, Suzanna Lewis wrote:
>
>> 2 pages perhaps? One for those services that we (already) offer,  
>> and a
>> second for those from others.
>>
>> -S
>>
>> On Mar 28, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Judith Blake wrote:
>>
>>> I think this is an excellent idea...
>>>
>>> I particularly like these services that would be useful to our users
>>> but
>>> that don't require that we set up toolshops.
>>>
>>> judy
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael Ashburner wrote:
>>>> Should we have a page on GO for GO web services ?
>>>>
>>>> GoPubMed
>>>> Andreas Schlicker (MPI-INF) functional similarity is another
>>>>
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Jim Hu
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