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. 2009 Jul;37(Web Server issue):W6-10.
doi: 10.1093/nar/gkp302. Epub 2009 May 12.

Web services at the European Bioinformatics Institute-2009

Hamish McWilliam  1 , Franck Valentin, Mickael Goujon, Weizhong Li, Menaka Narayanasamy, Jenny Martin, Teresa Miyar, Rodrigo Lopez
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Web services at the European Bioinformatics Institute-2009

Hamish McWilliam et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 2009 Jul.

Abstract

The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) has been providing access to mainstream databases and tools in bioinformatics since 1997. In addition to the traditional web form based interfaces, APIs exist for core data resources such as EMBL-Bank, Ensembl, UniProt, InterPro, PDB and ArrayExpress. These APIs are based on Web Services (SOAP/REST) interfaces that allow users to systematically access databases and analytical tools. From the user's point of view, these Web Services provide the same functionality as the browser-based forms. However, using the APIs frees the user from web page constraints and are ideal for the analysis of large batches of data, performing text-mining tasks and the casual or systematic evaluation of mathematical models in regulatory networks. Furthermore, these services are widespread and easy to use; require no prior knowledge of the technology and no more than basic experience in programming. In the following we wish to inform of new and updated services as well as briefly describe planned developments to be made available during the course of 2009-2010.

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