Hi all,
I have used biomart quite often in the past but mainly using a Perl API or R biomaRt package. I realize there is a shift to biomart 0.8 and that both methods that I use are not yet compatible. My two short questions are;
1) Does it mean that using Perl or R I am not able to access the newest data? I am confused what does the 0/7 to 0/8 transition means to me.
2) If I am building software that extracts automatically data from biomart what would be the best and most future proof method? I really like perl and R methods but if they can be obsolete in the future is it better to build XML queries? My queries can extract huge amount of data so I would like to avoid server time outs etc.
Thanks, Tom
+1 for finding this information, and for the thorough response. I've been wondering what was happening with the Perl API and how we should access BioMart in the future.