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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/README.rst Thu Jul 07 02:40:33 2016 -0400 @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +Galaxy NCBI Entrez Tools +======================== + +This repo requires a readme as administrators should very aware of some +restrictions NCBI places on the use of the Entrez service. + +NCBI requests that you please limit large jobs to either weekends or +between 9:00 PM and 5:00 AM Eastern time during weekdays. This is not a +request that the Galaxy tool can easily service, so we've included it in +the disclaimer on every tool quite prominently. + +Failure to comply with NCBI's policies may result in an block until +you/the user contacts NCBI and registers the tool ID and their email. + +Note that these are *IP* level blocks so the Galaxy tools uses a +concatenation of the administrator's emails, and the user email, in +hopes that NCBI will contact all relevant parties should their system be +abused. + +Additionally, since these are IP level blocks, the Galaxy tool author +(@erasche) recommends using the following ``jobs_conf.xml`` snippet in +order to place a system-wide restriction of 1 concurrent Entrez job +amongst all users. + +.. code:: xml + + <destination id="entrez" runner="local"> + </destination> + <limit type="concurrent_jobs" id="entrez">1</limit> + <tools> + <tool id="ncbi.eutils.efetch" destination="entrez" /> + <tool id="ncbi.eutils.esearch" destination="entrez" /> + <tool id="ncbi.eutils.epost" destination="entrez" /> + <tool id="ncbi.eutils.elink" destination="entrez" /> + <tool id="ncbi.eutils.einfo" destination="entrez" /> + <tool id="ncbi.eutils.esummary" destination="entrez" /> + </tools> +