[MOBY-l] findServices problem

[Paul Gordon]

Hmm. This search retrieves things that work on Object, VirtualSequence, 
GenericSequence, NucleotideSequence, or DNASequence.  The DNASequence 
doesn't have a namespace, so none is provided as input to findService.  
The behaviour of MOBY Central is to return services that match any 
namespace for these objects, which will produce services that can't use 
the template input.  e.g. PDBtoMotifID comes up as a service, since it 
works on an Object, but the fact that it requires a PDB namspace object 
makes a non-namespaced DNASequence invalid input. 

How can we run findServices MOBY Central to distinguish between any 
namespace and no namespace?  Is it not a misinterpretation to consider a 
blank namespace as a wildcard (since namespaces are not a hierarchy)?

Mark Wilkinson wrote:

>It's because you have "expand objects" switched on.  You aren't finding
>"all", but you are finding "many"
>
>M
>  
>
>>Hey Mark,
>>
>>    Here's the message...
>>
>>Mark Wilkinson wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>I am unable to duplicate this error - when I run it, I get only three
>>>services back.
>>>
>>>Can you please send me your full message so that I can check the
>>>structure?
>>>      
>>>
>><findService><inputObjects>
>><Input>
>><Simple xmlns="http://www.biomoby.org/moby">
>><objectType>urn:lsid:biomoby.org:objectclass:DNASequence</objectType>
>><Namespace></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>
>>
>>    
>>