[Biojava-dev] Fw: [Open-bio-l] Fwd: [Utilities-announce] NCBI E-Utility Policy Change

[Richard Holland]

I've just patched the trunk to take this into account. GenbankRichSequenceDB - two new values accessed via setTool/getTool and setEmail/getEmail with appropriate default values to ensure all current code still works without modification.

cheers,
Richard

On 2 Dec 2009, at 05:55, mark.schreiber at novartis.com wrote:

> FYI for BioJava developers ...
> 
> 
> ----- Forwarded by Mark Schreiber/GP/Novartis on 12/02/2009 01:54 PM -----
> 
> open-bio-l-bounces at lists.open-bio.org wrote on 12/02/2009 04:00:43 AM:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I know Biopython and BioPerl are aware of this change, but in case
>> the other Bio* projects are not please see below. Sign up here:
>> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Sitemap/Summary/email_lists.html
>> 
>> Peter @ Biopython
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From:  <utilities-announce at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov>
>> Date: Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 6:59 PM
>> Subject: [Utilities-announce] NCBI E-Utility Policy Change
>> To: utilities-announce at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
>> 
>> 
>> As part of an ongoing effort to ensure efficient access to the Entrez
>> Utilities (E-utilities) by all users, NCBI has decided to change the
>> usage policy for the E-utilities effective June 1, 2010. Effective on
>> June 1, 2010, all E-utility requests, either using standard URLs or
>> SOAP, must contain non-null values for both the &tool and &email
>> parameters. Any E-utility request made after June 1, 2010 that does
>> not contain values for both parameters will return an error explaining
>> that these parameters must be included in E-utility requests.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The value of the &tool parameter should be a URI-safe string that is
>> the name of the software package, script or web page producing the
>> E-utility request.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The value of the &email parameter should be a valid e-mail address for
>> the appropriate contact person or group responsible for maintaining
>> the tool producing the E-utility request.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> NCBI uses these parameters to contact users whose use of the
>> E-utilities violates the standard usage policies described at
>> http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/eutils_help.
>> html#UserSystemRequirements.
>> These usage policies are designed to prevent excessive requests from a
>> small group of users from reducing or eliminating the wider
>> community's access to the E-utilities. NCBI will attempt to contact a
>> user at the e-mail address provided in the &email parameter prior to
>> blocking access to the E-utilities.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> NCBI realizes that this policy change will require many of our users
>> to change their code. Based on past experience, we anticipate that
>> most of our users should be able to make the necessary changes before
>> the June 1, 2010 deadline. If you have any concerns about making these
>> changes by that date, or if you have any questions about these
>> policies, please contact eutilities at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in helping us
>> continue to deliver a reliable and efficient web service.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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