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For the first time, VIVO 1.6 exposes data addition, update, and delete actions through an authenticated web service. This service uses SPARQL 1.1 Update, a standard update language for RDF graphs, and allows more seamless interfacing with data ingest tools and allows external applications to read and write arbitrary VIVO data with support for search indexing and associated inferencing. We anticipate that web services will increase the already rapid pace of tool development alongside VIVO providing visualization, editing, reporting, analysis, disambiguation, and repository services. Chris Barnes from the University of Florida is leading a new VIVO Apps & Tools working group (https://wiki.duraspace.org/x/3OEQAg) highlighting existing tools via demos and discussions on biweekly calls.
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