Hi, it might be simpler but I didn't test it, and I don't want to start a big REST vs SOAP discussion. But it is quite clear that the WSDL/SOAP based approach has it's advantages when it comes to formats being well-defined. This is important for example for large complex queries, and it is fully formalizing the messages which plays an important role in automatizing interface generation, service composition into complex work-flows, validation of communication, etc. Actually we just thought it was a good idea to try using it, because it was published.
Michael Dondrup Post-doctoral researcher Uni BCCS Thormøhlensgate 55, N-5008 Bergen, Norway Phone: +47 55584157 Fax: +47 55584295 Please note my new phone number Am Mar 22, 2010 um 12:05 PM schrieb Joachim Baran: > Hi! > > On 22 March 2010 10:33, Michael Dondrup <[email protected]> wrote: >> I would like to second Pierre in asking for improving the interoperability >> of the BioMart SOAP interface. > Is it not simpler to use the RESTful interface? I mean, you basically > send just a single string to the mart that describes the filters and > attributes of your mart-query, and you directly get the result back. > > BW, > Joachim > > -- > B.1079 Michael Smith Building > Faculty of Life Sciences > The University of Manchester > Oxford Road > Manchester > M13 9PT > United Kingdom
