Excerpts from Nina Jeliazkova's message of Thu Oct 01 18:58:20 +0200 2009:
> Hi Christoph, Tobias, All,
> 
> Christoph Helma wrote:
> > Hi Tobias,
> >
> > You can also try to define a GET method that returns the local id, e.g.
> >
> >     GET http://lxkramer13.informatik.tu-muenchen.de:8180/OpenTox/feature_definition/{feature_definition_id}/id
> >
> > should return
> >
> >     {feature_definition_id}
> >
> >   
> Added into the feature_definition operations.  This approach seems
> relevant for other objects as well.  Should we add 
> /object/{objectid}/id  for all other objects?

I personally tend to parse IDs directly from the URI. An GET */id method could
be cleaner, but I would make it only mandatory, if a lot of developers
need it.

> 
> Please have a look at my  comment  at
> http://www.opentox.org/dev/apis/api-1.1/feature.

I have tried to clarify this in my response.

Best regards,
Christoph