I would also add that it is useful to know the release of any tool one uses, for later debugging purposes if nothing else. Storing where and when and how you got your information when running automated procedures is very useful to me! :)
thanks! 2009/1/22 Sebastien Moretti <[email protected]> > Hello Sebastien, >> >> BioMart's central portal (www.biomart.org) is always on Ensembl's latest >> release. You can scan the property 'database' in the following registry >> request: >> http://www.biomart.org/biomart/martservice?type=registry >> and the release number is appended at the end. Its fairly consistent >> naming convention with Ensembl marts. Unfortunately, there is no special >> attribute to print release info in the registry request, however, will be >> available from next release. >> > > Thanks a lot, it is exactly what I need. > > About BioMart's release version, I am > >> not sure why would a user need this info ? please explain as this does not >> seem to affect format of the data sent back from BioMart. >> > > It could be useful for automatic processes to know when biomart is updated. > > Cheers >> Syed >> >> >> >> Sebastien Moretti wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> I use the RESTful access to biomart ( >>> http://www.biomart.org/martservice.html). >>> >>> I would like to know if there is a way to get Ensembl and biomart release >>> numbers via the RESTful access. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >> > -- > Sébastien Moretti > SIB EMBnet, Quartier Sorge - Genopode > CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland > Tel.: +41 (21) 692 4056/4221 > http://ch.embnet.org/ http://myhits.vital-it.ch/ > -- Allyson Lister http://lurena.vox.com CISBAN, http://www.cisban.ac.uk Newcastle University
