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Service Info
Provides a simple standardised protocol to describe information about a single web service
Computational genomic workflows rely on web services and APIs. However, searching for web services to use and understanding the parameters they need — especially across organisational boundaries — is often a manual and time-consuming process. Developed by the Discovery Work Stream, the Service Info API is a simple protocol that exposes information about a single service — including its capabilities, limitations, and how to interact with it. Multiple Service Info endpoints can be aggregated together to form networks of services using the Service Registry API.
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Benefits
- Provides a simple, minimalist API
- Helps make web services and APIs discoverable to others
Target users
Researchers, and developers
Image summary: Service Info helps genomic and health data consumers discover information about a single web service.
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Work Stream
LATEST VERSION
Product Lead
- Miro Cupak
Staff Contact
Tools & Platforms
Community resources
Dive deeper into this product! The Service Info API provides a standard format for listing information about a single web service along with its metadata. Key attributes include a unique identifier, a human readable name, the service host, and how to connect with it. Minimalistic and light-weight, Service Info works by planting an endpoint to an existing API or web service.
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5 Feb 2020
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15 Dec 2023
14 Sep 2023
10 May 2023
25 Jan 2019
25 Sep 2017
European Joint Programme on Rare Disease (EJP RD)
Autism Sharing Initiative
Variant Interpretation for Cancer Consortium (VICC)
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- Miro Cupak
DNAstack - Marc Fiume
DNAstack - Brian O'Connor
Sage Bionetworks - Milan Panik
DNAstack - David Steinberg
University of California, Santa Cruz - Andy Yates
EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)
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