[Myexperiment-discuss] Changes to REST API for components

[Alan R Williams]

Hello everybody,

At the moment, components (and component profiles, families and 
versions) are implemented in myExperiment as packs, files, workflows and 
versions of them. When the REST API is used to talk to myExperiment, the 
components can only be dealt with as their myExperiment implementation.

This makes it hard for clients to talk to myExperiment about components. 
At the moment, the Java code in Taverna for talking to myExperiment is 
"hairy" and complicated. There is a need for Ruby applications to also 
be able to talk to myExperiment about components.

It would greatly help the BioVeL and SCAPE projects if the REST API 
dealt in components. There would then by one place for the mapping to 
the underlying implementation i.e. myExperiment side. This would allow 
later changes to the myExperiment implementation without the rewriting 
of the Ruby and Java Gems/packages.

What further information do the myExperiment development team need about 
the requirements?

Alan