[bioontology-support] OR search using RESTful API

[Trish Whetzel]

Yes, the ticket referenced below was included in the release that went out this week. Are you on the "announce" mailing list [1]? This is a very low volume list where we post the release announcements.

Trish 

[1] https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/bioportal-announce



On Feb 7, 2013, at 8:47 AM, Sahni, Himanso * (FDA) wrote:

> Hi Trish,
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> I see the below defect was closed, will the fix be part of the upcoming bioportal release?
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> Himanso Sahni
> Himanso.Sahni at fda.hhs.gov
> Contractor-Recombinant By Deloitte
> HSahni at recomdata.com
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> From: Trish Whetzel [mailto:whetzel at stanford.edu] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:27 PM
> To: Sahni, Himanso * (FDA)
> Cc: support at bioontology.org
> Subject: Re: [bioontology-support] OR search using RESTful API
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> There appears to be a bug when trying to use OR with the Search API as the results returned appear to be the same as when using AND. This issue is now reported: https://bmir-gforge.stanford.edu/gf/project/ncbo/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=4391&start=0
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> I am still reviewing examples of NOT with the Search API. 
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> Trish 
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> On Jan 14, 2013, at 8:00 PM, Sahni, Himanso * (FDA) wrote:
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> Hello,
> Can you please provide an example of using the OR  or NOT operation as the current syntax at
> http://www.bioontology.org/wiki/index.php/BioPortal_REST_services#Search_BioPortal
> Boolean Search Options:
> () parentheses allow to enclose multiple terms joined by OR
> §  Example: "(foo bar)" will expand to "foo* OR bar*"
> - the minus sign preceding a term indicates NOT
> §  Example: "foo bar -baz" will expand to "foo* AND bar* AND NOT baz*"
> No prefix means MUST (required).
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> does not work for me. If always return results of  an AND operation between the 2  terms
> rest.bioontology.org/bioportal/search/?query=(LEG ARM)&apikey=
> rest.bioontology.org/bioportal/search/?query=LEG -ARM&apikey=
> rest.bioontology.org/bioportal/search/?query=LEG ARM&apikey=
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> all return 260 results for where only both arm and leg are present
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> Himanso Sahni
> Himanso.Sahni at fda.hhs.gov
> Contractor-Recombinant Data Corp.
> HSahni at recomdata.com
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