http://mndoci.disqus.com/At the interface of science and computingenSun, 09 Nov 2008 22:03:40 -0000http://mndoci.com/blog/2008/11/09/where-are-the-biomedical-apis/#comment-3655820<p>The problem with a lot of life science APIs is non-standard (in the web context) data transfer. Plus most aren't RESTful.</p>mndociSun, 09 Nov 2008 22:03:40 -0000http://mndoci.com/blog/2008/11/09/where-are-the-biomedical-apis/#comment-3653531<p>One of the big problem with the web services in bioinformatics is the semantics of inputs/outputs for the various algorithms encapsulated by the APIs. Having experience with trying to synthesize workflows with such web services, I found the most difficult part having to read the docs in order to know what to plug where in my designs. Again it's all about the non-conformity of biology, but the point I want to make is in regards of the need for Semantic Web Services in bio-it, in order to alleviate these kind of issues....</p>agbiotecSun, 09 Nov 2008 20:39:50 -0000