[MOBY-dev] Collections vs. Simples in registry service searches, a bug?

[Oswaldo Trelles]

Hi
some time ago we start developing a strategy to deal with collection. An 
initial idea was that MOWServ would allows call a 
simple-input/simple-output service with a collection (MOWServ should 
split the collection, invoke iteratively the service with each simple 
and collect all the results providing a collection as output (all 
simple/simple, simple/collec, collec/simple and collec/colecc cases were 
analysed properly).

Under this idea, in MOWServ when you perform a query asking for services 
that take a simple as input, also, those services that uses a collection 
(of the same type, of course) are returned.

(however we have not make a final decission and implementation, and we 
are re-analysing our ideas)

regards,
O. (and sorry for delay in posting this comment but have a mountain of 
pending emails)




Paul Gordon escribió:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there any reason that a service taking a *collection* of DNASequences 
> as input is returned when I perform a query asking for services that 
> take a *simple* DNASequence as input?  e.g. the GenerateCodonPairTable 
> service takes a collection and is returned on a simple DNASequence 
> search. Here is the relevant part of the RDF from the registry:
>
>                      <mygrid:inputParameter>
>                          <mygrid:parameter>
>                               <mygrid:objectType>
>                                    <mobyObject:DNASequence/>
>                               </mygrid:objectType>
>                               
> <mygrid:hasParameterNameText>inputSequences</mygrid:hasParameterNameText>
>                               <mygrid:hasParameterType>
>                                    <mygrid:collectionParameter/>
>                               </mygrid:hasParameterType>
>                          </mygrid:parameter>
>                     </mygrid:inputParameter>
>
> And the request is:
>
> <findService><inputObjects>
> <Input>
> <Simple articleName="not_important">
> <objectType>DNASequence</objectType>
> <Namespace>seahawk</Namespace></Simple>
> </Input>
> </inputObjects>
> <outputObjects>
>  <Output>
> </Output>
> </outputObjects>
> <serviceType></serviceType>
> <Category>moby</Category>
> <authURI></authURI>
> <expandObjects>1</expandObjects>
> <expandServices>1</expandServices>
> <authoritative>0</authoritative>
> <keywords>
> </keywords>
> </findService>
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