[MOBY-dev] Is creating Web services a nightmare or a treat?

[Marco Roos]

[My apologies if you receive this e-mail more than once]

Dear all,

Some time ago I sent a call to Web service creators on the Taverna users 
list to participate in a Web service creation survey 
<http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=xez63l87nw2CBV_2f1ntC_2fkg_3d_3d> 
(see below). This e-mail is a reminder and an extension of addressees. I 
would very much appreciate your contribution or your help in spreading 
this e-mail to more Web service creators, in particular creators of Web 
services for (bioinformatics) applications.

The purpose of the survey is to learn from each other where bottlenecks 
lie, and help us give advice to relative newbies to creating Web 
services. The limited number of responders so far has already produced 
some interesting insights (that I won't share with you yet to prevent 
any bias).

I would appreciate it very much if you could take a few minutes to fill 
out the survey by following this link: 
<http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=xez63l87nw2CBV_2f1ntC_2fkg_3d_3d> 
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=xez63l87nw2CBV_2f1ntC_2fkg_3d_3d.

Shortly after the 5th of September I will post results of the survey 
back to the Taverna users mailing list.

Thank you very much for your help!
Marco.



Marco Roos wrote:
> Dear user and Web service developer,
>
> I have been invited by the Netherlands BioInformatics Centre (NBIC) to 
> join a discussion about pitfalls and issues regarding the creation of 
> Bioinformatics Web services. If you have experience with this, would 
> you share your experience by answering my questions below? I hope you 
> agree that this could be useful for users and developers of web services.
>
> My basic questions are:
>
>    1. What is your favourite type of Web service (e.g. a 'standard'
>       SOAP-based wsdl, BioMoby, SoapLab, REST-based, etc.)?
>    2. What is your favourite editor or framework?
>    3. How much time did it take you to master the necessary skills?
>       How steep was the learning curve?
>    4. How much time does it take you now to create a Web service?
>       (excluding the time it takes to write the content of the service)
>    5. Did you have any issues with creating services for use in Taverna?
>
> Please include the reason behind your answers.
>
> Many thanks!
> Marco.
>


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