SEARCH TIPS | WHAT IS THIS? (example searches: cerebellum, "pulvinar nucleus", gene:grm1)
NIF REST Services - Complete Search Summary
This service returns a summary of NIF search results based on the search query.
1) Send search
Syntax:
http://nif-services.neuinfo.org/nif/services/searchSummary?q=[SearchQuery]
2) Results
This REST Service returns an xml file containing the general category summary as;
A detailed search results summary as;
The total records returned as;
The literature summary as;
The NIF Registry summary as;
Example
What does the landscape of NIF look like for Zebrafish information?
http://nif-services.neuinfo.org/nif/services/searchSummary?q=Zebrafish
This REST service returns an xml file, shown partially below.
Here is the <categories> xml data in table form; giving us an overall idea of the NIF Federated Data holding relevant to zebrafish.
This same information is currently be utilized by the NIF Navigator, available here: http://neuinfo.org/downloads/index.shtm
For more advanced information about NIF REST services can be found in a WADL file available here.
NIF Navigator
