From: Aaron J. M. <am...@pc...> - 2005-03-23 16:13:00
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I like B_name too, but I'd suggest it might be a synonym for the Binomial_name; NCBI Taxonomy IDs might also be valid synonyms. Also, we're going to run into subspecies/isolate issues, e.g. Plasmodium_falciparum_3D7 vs. Plasmodium_falciparum_DD2. In this case, I'd think that http://your.site/genome/P_falciparum/releases/ might provide the index/RSS for all isolates, pointing to fully-named directories: http://your.site/genome/P_falciparum_3D7/v4.4/dna And perhaps 501 Not Implemented is better than 404 Not Found? Todd, are you planning on implementing these handlers as part of the Bio::GMOD toolkit? -Aaron On Mar 23, 2005, at 11:02 AM, Kara Dolinski wrote: > Looks great to me, and I like the B_name idea (vs. Binomial_name). > Less tricky typing is good. > > One suggestion on the doc, from a previous point on this thread: we > might want to explicitly have a note for MODs that do not yet provide > all file types, something like: > > If your MOD does not yet provide a particular file type in this > specification, then the URL for the unsupported file type should > return a 404 Not Found > (or text that states "This file is not yet available for this MOD" or > whatever behavior people think is most useful).... > > I think this will be a common question that will come up. > > On Mar 23, 2005, at 10:19 AM, Lincoln Stein wrote: > >> Ok, how does this look as the basis for a document that we can post at >> the Sequence Ontology and/or GMOD web sites? >> >> Lincoln >> >> -- >> Lincoln D. Stein >> Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory >> 1 Bungtown Road >> Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 >> >> NOTE: Please copy Sandra Michelsen <mic...@cs...> on >> all emails regarding scheduling and other time-critical topics. >> <standard_urls.txt> > > -- Aaron J. Mackey, Ph.D. Dept. of Biology, Goddard 212 University of Pennsylvania email: am...@pc... 415 S. University Avenue office: 215-898-1205 Philadelphia, PA 19104-6017 fax: 215-746-6697 |