[Bioperl-l] SeqFetcherI (fwd)
Lincoln Stein
lstein@cshl.org
Mon, 21 May 2001 15:40:27 -0400 (EDT)
If I take on one more off-topic task, it will be the end of me (or
maybe the end has already come!)
Lincoln
Ewan Birney writes:
> On Mon, 21 May 2001, Lincoln Stein wrote:
>
> > Can't one have a Bio::DB::RandomAccessI connected to a meta database
> > that accepts compound accessions and then dispatches to the correct
> > database? Or is "gb|A12345" just too ugly for words?
> >
>
> <<Ewan winces>>
>
> I guess this ok ... the old "lets put *everything* into the
> identifier" does actually have some advantages.
>
> (it is at least more justifiable than "lets put an entire database schema
> in the fasta file description line". We've all been there...)
>
>
> As usual in bioperl, he who codes it - wins the argument so if you want to
> put in a Bio::DB::Meta object which can register databases and perhaps
> fall back onto "well known" web databases when there are none and guess
> the syntax of identifiers being thrown at it...
>
>
> ... you are a better man than I am gungadin!
>
>
> e.
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