[Socket-developers] XML Central of DDBJ

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There are 21 services and 156 methods in XML Central of DDBJ
 
http://xml.nig.ac.jp/wsdl/index.jsp
 
.and they all socketize like a dream .. Good ws design - nice and
simple.  The home site gives a txt document for each service, which I
think is an idea we could introduce.  A link to a help document on each
socket page with examples of usage.
 
They just need the method names and descriptions added and job's a.
(method names will come through when the latest engine is loaded) on
Monday).
 
I'll be able to use a couple on the BPS module, and we can pipe them in
to the new introductory module.
 
I tested three or four against the provider in Japan and they all work
fine.  I'll start shoving them on to the demo bods when the stylesheets
have been done.
 
Some files are coming back as strings that don't read particularly well,
but things can be parsed/tweaked.
 
I was posting accession numbers and other snippets into input boxes and
the submit button doesn't light up until you actually go in and change
something from the keyboard, so I think we should take out the disable
on the submit button (but keep it on the array number of boxes  button,
if possible).  If there is to be a disable then it ought to be linked to
required fields, and we don't have that information at the moment.  Rob,
could you do the needful, please.
 
I'll also start another module on cvs for the custom style sheets, take
them out of the view.
 
One suggestion for a research-into-teaching project from the teaching
and learning round that just came from Rayner would be to set up
BioSOCKET (?), a server/registry containing all the SOCKET consumers
corresponding to public bio ws interfaces.  These can then be piped
straight into bods or elsewhere, customized or choreographed as required
for teaching and research.   Perhaps a wm job to tart up the interfaces?
Just from what I've sniffed out so far, there'd be at least 60 services
knocking around at the moment waiting to be done. 
 
I think once something like this is up people would develop novel ways
of employing it, and it would serve as a model for other disciplines.
 
Regards,
 
Brian