[MOBY-dev] Shims

[Mark Wilkinson]

I think it is already there, isn't it?  There is a "conversion" category  
for sure, which is intended for that purpose.

M


On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:09:31 -0700, Paul Gordon <gordonp at ucalgary.ca>  
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> This is a very general question, especially for non-native-English
> speakers.  I was going to add  a top-level "Shim" category of services
> to the ontology,  but I'm pretty sure most non-native-English speakers
> would have no idea what this means.  I'm borrowing the term from
>
> D Hull, R Stevens, P Lord, C Wroe, C Goble (2004). Treating shimantic
> web syndrome with ontologies. First AKT workshop on Semantic Web
> Services (AKT-SWS04).
>
> Essentially, I'm tired of having a DNASequence, and not being able to
> directly call BLAST services because they take FASTA_NA.  Services in
> the "Shim" category would be something like the Conversion category, but
> specifically they would convert between MOBY data types for the purpose
> of service compatibility.  Having all such services in one category
> would make it easier to do these transformations automagically for the
> user.  But do people think this is  a good name, or what would they  
> suggest?
>
> shim: A thin slip, usually of metal, used to fill up a space between
> parts subject to wear, to align or adjust the level of rails, etc.
> (Oxford English Dictionary)
>
>
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