Wikipathways filtering id is inconsistent

[mj3cheun]

The wikipathways identifier is wp. Yet, the only name which is accepted when filtering search results is wikipathways. In my opinion, the names accepted for search filtering should be changed to accept both tokens.

[IgorRodchenkov]

Hi Manfred, all, *Nope*, "wp" is just our internal metadata identifier (and we do not encourage anyone to use these via api, because there can be values, e.g.: 'intact', 'intact_complex', 'wp1', 'wp2', 'wp3', 'reactome_mouse' now or in the future - depends how we prepare and import data into PC...). *However*, the /*search* query accepts absolute URIs as 'datasource' filter values as well, i.e.: http://beta.pathwaycommons.org/pc2/search?q=*&type=pathway&datasource=http://pathwaycommons.org/pc2/wp (*note*: URL query parameters after /search? must be URL-encoded, though it sometimes works as is in browsers); but then, if you'd filter by the 'intact' URI you'd miss 'intact_complex'... Although filtering by URI works now for all sources but Intact the same way if you'd use corresponding standard name, I strongly do not recommend using URI there... (one can even do like datasource=w* but I would not recommend ;)) *Therefore,* we want users *search by data provider's name*, which every data portion/chunk behind the scene has, despite having different URIs. Igor R.

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On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Manfred ***@***.***> wrote: The wikipathways identifier is wp. Yet, the only name which is accepted when filtering search results is wikipathways. In my opinion, the names accepted for search filtering should be changed to accept both tokens. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#265>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AA8fwY5EhM3t2x8qHeEwLqdSk-QTIKRLks5rsqyxgaJpZM4MzaHH> .

[IgorRodchenkov]

On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 5:27 PM, Igo R ***@***.***> wrote: datasource=w*

Correction: no, you cannot do: datasource=w* (wildcard filter values)

[mj3cheun]

Ok thanks, will switch from using id to name.