[MOBY-l] locateServiceByInput - what does "@IN" mean?

[Jason E. Stewart]

"David Block" <dblock at gnf.org> writes:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matt Links [mailto:mlinks at gene.pbi.nrc.ca]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 9:21 AM
> > To: David Block
> > Cc: moby-l at biomoby.org
> > Subject: re: [MOBY-l] locateServiceByInput - what does "@IN" mean?
> > 
> > 
> > > > The MOBY-Central call "locateServiceByInput" takes a list
> > > > (should be a list reference, actually - I'll fix that) of
> > > > input Objects as one of its parameters.  Should MOBY-Central
> > > > return only the services which take as input *all* Objects in
> > > > that list, or should it return the services which take one or
> > > > more of the objects in that list?
> > 
> > Why wouldn't there be both calls (or one more flexible call)
> > present in the api?  If this is implemented like a standard search
> > engine then the client can put the constraints on the inputs as
> > the client sees fit.

This makes sense, but...

I'd really like to get something (anything) up and running before we
start getting out of hand.

Something like a locateServiceByInput that takes a single data type
and returns a list of services.

jas.