Service Registry

Facilitates service discovery by collecting multiple web services into groups

When working with genomic and related health datasets, discovering new web services to use for computational workflows can be a time-consuming process. Developed by the Discovery Work Stream, the Service Registry API organises multiple web services that have implemented a Service Info endpoint into groups. By providing a mechanism to catalogue available web services, the Service Registry API helps facilitate service discovery across organisational boundaries without imposing communication restrictions on those services.

A short dialogue exchange between a researcher and Service Registry, where the researcher asks what services are housed within the Service Registry, and the Service Registry replies back with its services and how to access them.
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A short dialogue exchange between a researcher and Service Registry, where the researcher asks what services are housed within the Service Registry, and the Service Registry replies back with its services and how to access them.

Benefits

  • Enables discovery of web services
  • Flexible and simple to use

Target users

Developers

Product Lead
  • Miro Cupak
Staff Contact
GitHub
Community Engagement
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