Kelder Thomas, Pico Alexander R, Hanspers Kristina, van Iersel Martijn P, Evelo Chris, Conklin Bruce R
Department of Bioinformatics - BiGCaT, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
PLoS One. 2009 Jul 30;4(7):e6447. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006447.
WikiPathways is a platform for creating, updating, and sharing biological pathways [1]. Pathways can be edited and downloaded using the wiki-style website. Here we present a SOAP web service that provides programmatic access to WikiPathways that is complementary to the website. We describe the functionality that this web service offers and discuss several use cases in detail. Exposing WikiPathways through a web service opens up new ways of utilizing pathway information and assisting the community curation process.
WikiPathways是一个用于创建、更新和共享生物途径的平台[1]。可以使用维基风格的网站对途径进行编辑和下载。在此，我们展示了一个SOAP网络服务，它提供了对WikiPathways的编程访问，这是对网站的补充。我们描述了该网络服务提供的功能，并详细讨论了几个用例。通过网络服务公开WikiPathways开辟了利用途径信息和协助社区编目过程的新方法。
