WikiPathways linkouts

[fehrhart]

Tested the gene/product linkouts on Wikipathways

• Affymetrix - log in required - is that intended, shall we keep that?
• Agilent, Illumina - not a link, just a number - is that intended?
• Ensembl - patch Update ensembl datasource BridgeDb#146 and Update ensembl link BridgeDb#147
• UCSC genome browser - does not work - action required
• UniGene - does not work - action required
• WikiGenes - connection timeout - check again and then decide

[egonw]

"Agilent, Illumina - not a link, just a number - is that intended?" - There is indeed no URL pattern, so intended.

[egonw]

"Affymetrix - log in required - is that intended, shall we keep that?" - Yes, let's do that. Generally, if there is no clear reason to remove it, it's saver to keep it, because someone may actually use it (e.g. someone with a login).

[egonw]

WikiGenes fixed by 2530dbb

[egonw]

UniGene no longer exists: https://web.archive.org/web/20210425074853/https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/unigene/

[egonw]

@mkutmon, @Chris-Evelo, what do you know about the UCSC genome browser link? How is/was this used?

[Chris-Evelo]

Not sure this answers your question. But traditionally the UCSC genome browser is one of the 3 most used browsers for the human genome, next to ENSEMBL and NCBI. I haven't looked at it in a while, but traditionally it had some tracks for things like variants not easily available from other browsers. I suppose the three converged, but many people get used to a specific browser.

[egonw]

Not sure this answers your question. But traditionally the UCSC genome browser is one of the 3 most used browsers for the human genome, next to ENSEMBL and NCBI. I haven't looked at it in a while, but traditionally it had some tracks for things like variants not easily available from other browsers. I suppose the three converged, but many people get used to a specific browser.

Okay, then we need to figure out what the currently working URL pattern is.

[egonw]

Remaining issue continued here: #17