Telecon: 2007 07 03 -GRS
From Genomic Standards Consortium
Title: Genomic Identifier Mapping Resolver Web Services and Taverna
Time: 15.00 GMT+1
Date: Tuesday 3rd July 2007
Purpose: Identify requirements of the Taverna project for a Genomic Identifier Mapping Resolver Web Service
Participants: Tanya Gray, Katy Wolstencroft, Tim Booth
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Tim: introduction - I would like to implement web services in GenQuery for use within Taverna, web services
Tanya: worthwhile to define a mini-agenda for telecon
Katy: described issues
Katy: if develop web services using soap would not need anything else to implement them - just need WSDL link. also depends how else you would want to use the web service. talked about developing a REST processor. if it is only for use in taverna then best to use soap.
Tanya:timeline for release of REST web service processor?
Katy: will let you know
katy: understand that not alot of data being transferred - computationally more useful than someone browsing. probably suggest SOAP
tanya: how will people use the identifier mapping web service in Taverna?
katy: mapping identifiers is a common task in designing workflows, and alot of time is spent mapping identifiers.. find lots of ways to get from one identifer in one database to another identifier in another database
katy: there are ways of doing it at the moment.. but quite messy.
tanya: discuss issues mentioned earlier
katy: first question, which databases are you thinking about covering?
tanya: initial databases are related to GSC e.g. NCBI, GOLD - listed in GSC Wiki
katy: important to know exactly what the id's mean - if you map one identifier to another, are you saying it is exactly the same sequence, or are you doing some computation on the side, is it some type of flat file that you are pointing.
katy: related to that, some kind of sense of how databases are updated.
tanya: necessary to provide provenance data associated with each identifier
katy: when you have mapping that is not one to one - how do you deal with that?
Tim: talked about GenQuery and current status
Katy: have you heard of SOAP Lab? If you are building services using Perl it is worth looking at - designed to wrap command line legacy services and generate WSDL for you.
tanya: technical implementation - apache axis
katy: most people have used apache axis. stewart owen in mygrid team is most technically involved in web services and might like to chat with him. also soap lab.. major service provides tend to write web services with java.
tanya: timing - requirements - understand it would be as soon as possible?
katy: yes
tanya: is anyone available to help with technical implementation?
katy: yes, will ask, more than happy to help, when back in office will ask
tim: planning to contact giles velard if i need advice - useful to have names
katy: can get in touch with any of us, and we will put you in touch with right person
tanya: will document, plan to open up discussion to include other GSC members to address issues raised; look to hold another telecon to review progress
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Product Description - Identifier Mapping Resolver - Web Services - Requirements - Taverna
