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====== News (2012) ======

[[..:News|Current]]

==== 2013 ====

News for [[..:News|2013]].

==== 4th December 2012 ====

New web services for CENSOR are now available:
  * [[:services:so:CENSOR (REST)]]
  * [[:services:so:CENSOR (SOAP)]]

The old [[:services:censor|WSCensor]] service has been deprecated and should not be used for new development.

==== 27th November 2012 ====

The WSDaliLite and WSMaxsprout services have been **decommissioned**, and replaced by:
  * DaliLite:
    * [[:services:structure:DaliLite (REST)]]
    * [[:services:structure:DaliLite (SOAP)]]
  * MaxSprout:
    * [[:services:structure:MaxSprout (REST)]]
    * [[:services:structure:MaxSprout (SOAP)]]

The documentation for the WSDaliLite and WSMaxsprout services has been archived and is provided for reference purposes:
  * DaliLite:
    * [[:services:archive:structure:WSDaliLite]]
    * [[:services:archive:structure:WSDaliLite clients]]
  * MaxSprout:
    * [[:services:archive:structure:WSMaxsprout]]
    * [[:services:archive:structure:WSMaxsprout clients]]

==== 12th November 2012 ====

The FASTA ([[:services:sss:fasta_rest|REST]] & [[:services:sss:fasta_soap|SOAP]]), FASTM ([[:services:sss:fastm_rest|REST]] & [[:services:sss:fastm_soap|SOAP]]) and lalign ([[:services:psa:lalign_rest|REST]] & [[:services:psa:lalign_soap|SOAP]]) services have been updated to use FASTA version 36.3.5e Sep, 2012(preload8).

==== 29th October 2012 ====

As previously mentioned the old CiteXplore v1 web service will be retired on the 31st October 2012. Users should migrate all usage to the replacement [[http://www.ebi.ac.uk/citexplore/webservice.jsp|CiteXplore v3.0.1 web service]] as soon as possible. For queries relating to this service retirement please contact us via. [[http://www.ebi.ac.uk/support/index.php?query=WebServices|EMBL-EBI Support]].

==== 24th October 2012 ====

The new web services for DaliLite and MaxSprout have come out of beta:
  * [[:services:structure:DaliLite (REST)]]
  * [[:services:structure:DaliLite (SOAP)]]
  * [[:services:structure:MaxSprout (REST)]]
  * [[:services:structure:MaxSprout (SOAP)]]

The old [[:services:dalilite|WSDaliLite]] and [[:services:maxsprout|WSMaxsprout]] services have been deprecated and will be decommissioned on Tuesday 27th November 2012.

==== 11th September 2012 ====

A set of services for sequence format conversion and now available for beta testing:
  * [[:services:sfc:EMBOSS seqret (REST)]]
  * [[:services:sfc:EMBOSS seqret (SOAP)]]
  * [[:services:sfc:Readseq (REST)]]
  * [[:services:sfc:Readseq (SOAP)]]

These services focus on the format conversion and manipulation of sequence data, for a tool specialising in the manipulation and format conversion of multiple sequence alignment formats, see MView ([[:services:msa:MView (REST)|REST]] or [[:services:msa:MView (SOAP)|SOAP]]).

==== 29th August 2012 ====

New web services for DaliLite and MaxSprout are now available for beta testing:
  * [[:services:structure:DaliLite (REST)]]
  * [[:services:structure:DaliLite (SOAP)]]
  * [[:services:structure:MaxSprout (REST)]]
  * [[:services:structure:MaxSprout (SOAP)]]
Please report any feedback or issues encountered to us via. [[http://www.ebi.ac.uk/support/index.php?query=WebServices|EMBL-EBI Support]].

==== 23rd August 2012 ====

REST and SOAP (document/literal) Web Services of PromoterWise for pair-wise alignments are now available, see the following for details:
  * [[:services:psa:PromoterWise (REST)]]
  * [[:services:psa:PromoterWise (SOAP)]]

==== 15th August 2012 ====

REST and SOAP (document/literal) Web Services of GeneWise & Wise2DBA for pair-wise alignments are now available, see the following for details:
  * [[:services:psa:GeneWise (REST)]]
  * [[:services:psa:GeneWise (SOAP)]]
  * [[:services:psa:Wise2DBA (REST)]]
  * [[:services:psa:Wise2DBA (SOAP)]]

==== 13th July 2012 ====

Recently a new version of the [[http://www.ebi.ac.uk/citexplore/webservice.jsp|CiteXplore Web Service]] was released by the [[http://www.ebi.ac.uk/literature/|Literature Services Group]].

The latest Web Service (version 3.0.1) is SOAP based and gives programmatic access to all of the publications and related information in UK PubMed Central. An example Java client is provided, together with comprehensive documentation on the new methods available. Version 3 of the service has been modularised, and allows users to pick and choose the components required, making information retrieval more efficient.

The new Web Service is now also being used by the front-end application of [[http://ukpmc.ac.uk/|UK PubMed Central]], improving its performance. Version 1 of the Web Service will be maintained for use until the end of October 2012.

==== 11th July 2012 ====

The FASTA ([[:services:sss:fasta_rest| REST]]  & [[:services:sss:fasta_soap| SOAP]]), FASTM ([[:services:sss:fastm_rest| REST]]  & [[:services:sss:fastm_soap| SOAP]]) and lalign ([[:services:psa:lalign_rest| REST]]  & [[:services:psa:lalign_soap| SOAP]]) services have been updated to use FASTA version 36.3.5c Jun, 2012(preload8).

==== 20th June 2012 ====

REST and SOAP (document/literal) Web Services for SAPS, EMBOSS pepinfo, pepstats and pepwindow are now available, see the following for details:
  * [[:services:seqstats:EMBOSS pepinfo (REST)]]
  * [[:services:seqstats:EMBOSS pepinfo (SOAP)]]
  * [[:services:seqstats:EMBOSS pepstats (REST)]]
  * [[:services:seqstats:EMBOSS pepstats (SOAP)]]
  * [[:services:seqstats:EMBOSS pepwindow (REST)]]
  * [[:services:seqstats:EMBOSS pepwindow (SOAP)]]
  * [[:services:seqstats:SAPS (REST)]]
  * [[:services:seqstats:SAPS (SOAP)]]

==== 23rd May 2012 ====

The NCBI BLAST services ([[:services:sss:ncbi_blast_rest| REST]] & [[:services:sss:ncbi_blast_soap| SOAP]]) have been updated to use NCBI BLAST 2.2.26.

==== 16th May 2012 ====

The Clustal Omega services ([[:services:msa:clustalo_rest| REST]]  & [[:services:msa:clustalo_soap| SOAP]]) have been updated to use Clustal Omega 1.1.0 and nucleotide alignments are now supported.

The EBI Application Result XML contents for sequence similarity search have been updated with alignment strand information in a consistent format (e.g. <strand>minus/plus</strand> means the query is "minus" ("reverse") and the subject is "plus" ("forward")). 

==== 17th January 2012 ====
REST and SOAP (document/literal) Web Services for EMBOSS translation tools are now available, see the following for details:
  * [[:services:st:emboss_transeq_rest|EMBOSS Transeq (REST)]]
  * [[:services:st:emboss_transeq_soap|EMBOSS Transeq (SOAP)]]
  * [[:services:st:emboss_sixpack_rest|EMBOSS Sixpack (REST)]]
  * [[:services:st:emboss_sixpack_soap|EMBOSS Sixpack (SOAP)]]
  * [[:services:st:emboss_backtranseq_rest|EMBOSS Backtranseq (REST)]]
  * [[:services:st:emboss_backtranseq_soap|EMBOSS Backtranseq (SOAP)]]
  * [[:services:st:emboss_backtranambig_rest|EMBOSS Backtranambig (REST)]]
  * [[:services:st:emboss_backtranambig_soap|EMBOSS Backtranambig (SOAP)]]

==== 10th January 2012 ====

The dbfetch services ([[http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/dbfetch/|dbfetch]], [[:services:dbfetch_rest|WSDbfetch (REST)]] and [[:services:dbfetch|WSDbfetch (SOAP)]]) have been updated to include summary information detailing the data sources used by dbfetch in the database meta-information.

==== 2011 ====

Archived news for [[.:News:2011]].
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