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Loman, Nicholas J. and Pallen, Mark J. (2010) EntrezAJAX : direct web browser access to the Entrez Programming Utilities. Source Code for Biology and Medicine, volume 5 (Number 1). Article number 6. doi:10.1186/1751-0473-5-6 ISSN 1751-0473.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1751-0473-5-6
Abstract
Web applications for biology and medicine often need to integrate data from Entrez services provided by the National Center for Biotechnology Information. However, direct access to Entrez from a web browser is not possible due to 'same-origin' security restrictions. The use of "Asynchronous JavaScript and XML" (AJAX) to create rich, interactive web applications is now commonplace. The ability to access Entrez via AJAX would be advantageous in the creation of integrated biomedical web resources. We describe EntrezAJAX, which provides access to Entrez eUtils and is able to circumvent same-origin browser restrictions. EntrezAJAX is easily implemented by JavaScript developers and provides identical functionality as Entrez eUtils as well as enhanced functionality to ease development. We provide easy-to-understand developer examples written in JavaScript to illustrate potential uses of this service. For the purposes of speed, reliability and scalability, EntrezAJAX has been deployed on Google App Engine, a freely available cloud service. The EntrezAJAX webpage is located at http://entrezajax.appspot.com/
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Microbiology & Infection Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Web applications -- Research, Biology -- Computer programs, Medicine -- Computer programs | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Source Code for Biology and Medicine | ||||
| Publisher: | BioMed Central Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 1751-0473 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2010 | ||||
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| Volume: | volume 5 | ||||
| Number: | Number 1 | ||||
| Page Range: | Article number 6 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1186/1751-0473-5-6 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 26 December 2015 | ||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 26 December 2015 | ||||
| Funder: | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Great Britain) (BBSRC) | ||||
| Grant number: | BBE0111791 (BBSRC) |
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