Rich,

richard apodaca wrote:
> I may have missed it, but it looks like the discussion around file formats (media types) has not dealt much with resources. 
Resources were first defined in a meeting in June and since documented
on the OpenTox site. Services had been already implemented based on the
initial documentation.  I am not sure if the discussion had been on the
development list or just partners list.
> In RESTful systems, these should be identified, and their aggregation with other resources should be defined - in most cases before any media types are proposed.
>
> Here's an example of the step-by-step approach I'm using for a RESTful chemical tracking system (series still in progress):
>
> http://depth-first.com/articles/2009/08/07/the-restful-chemical-tracking-system-part-1-introduction
>
> Where can I find documentation on the RESTful resources Opentox exposes?
>   

API 1.0 http://opentox.org/dev/apis/api-1.0/?searchterm=API have several
implementation by partners http://opentox.org/dev/framework/restweb

New version, currently under revision
http://opentox.org/dev/apis/api-1.1/?searchterm=API

One note - if the information above is hard to find and not obvious
where to look for, we indeed would need to reorganize at least the front
page of OpenTox site.
> I also find association diagrams to be extremely helpful when crafting RESTful systems because they offer a common vocabulary and quick visualization of the resources for an entire RESTful system.
>
> Two examples in cheminformatics are:
>
> http://depth-first.com/articles/2009/08/21/%EF%BB%BFthe-restful-chemical-tracking-system-part-3-resource-associations
>
> and
>
> http://chemcaster.com/rest/resources
>
> The latter is a hyperlinked image map. Each resource in the diagram is linked to the corresponding resource page.
>
> Is there anything like that I could have a look at for Opentox? Anybody interested in creating one?
>   
We don't have graphical representation of the resources exposed, but it
seems a nice way to provide a quick overview.  

Best regards,
Nina
> Thanks,
> Rich
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