[BioRuby] URL Generation in Bioruby

[Ben Woodcroft]

Hi list,

A common thing I find myself doing is to 'linkout' to other databases. For
instance, I have a PDB id and I want to link to the corresponding record in
pdb.org. Right now, I would have to go to the pdb site and try to reverse
engineer it. In the past I've even had to email the webmasters for more
information. It seems to me this is a duplication of effort, and so
class(es) to collect this information for me might have a place in BioRuby.

Does this sound reasonable to anyone? Is there any precendents out there?
What might be a good way to structure the code?

Thanks,
ben

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