[MOBY-dev] Human Readable Registry on the Web ?

[Carole Goble]

Steffen

http://beta.biocatalogue.org/services/search?q=biomoby

has 181 biomoby services registered. we would welcome updates to the 
metadata!!!
we launch the biocatalogue at ISMB

Carole

> Hi,
>
> There is an itch I have since I got to know Moby:
> I'd like to *quickly* browse available services 
> without fireing up the Dashboard. Or, maybe 
> I'd like to tell someone "we have written 
> this super-cool BioMoby service", and point them 
> to a URL with a nicely formatted Name and Description 
> of the service. 
>
> * The serviceList is missing the both the description
>   and some <a name="ipb-halle"> to point to our services
>   http://biomoby.org/cgi-bin/serviceList, same with 
>   http://moby.ucalgary.ca/moby/ValidateService
>
> * The WSDL at e.g. 
>   http://biomoby.org/services/wsdl/ipb-halle.de/MassBank_unique_DBLinks
>   is not really human readable.
>
> * The RDF at http://moby.ucalgary.ca/RESOURCES/MOBY-S/ServiceInstances
>   is neither human readable, nor can I point to my service
>
> * GBwrose can't easily be linked to with any search parameters,
>   and anyway offers way too much functionality for my purpose
>
> Did I miss anything obvious ? I'd expect that a nicely formatted
> web accessible registry overview (with occasional visits
> by google et al) could boost public visibility of BioMoby.
>
> Yours,
> Steffen
>
>