<div dir="ltr"><div>Thank you Andrius. Glad to see that that revised link worked. Interesting question -- clearly an advantage to <i>not</i> sending</div><div> the data inline or having to convert from such a good primary standard as CIF. I will vote that one up!</div><div><br></div><div>BTW, Andrius, the IUPAC FAIRSpec standard is really coming along. I think this could be of interest to you.<br></div><br><div>VERY preliminary spec:</div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BBxdcpBtzsIzhsUb54GCYsX55qD5_emqKRl_xg1PbiA/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BBxdcpBtzsIzhsUb54GCYsX55qD5_emqKRl_xg1PbiA/edit?usp=sharing</a></div><div><br></div><div>sample finding aids: <br></div><div><a href="https://chemapps.stolaf.edu/iupac/site/ifd2/">https://chemapps.stolaf.edu/iupac/site/ifd2/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 9:40 AM Andrius Merkys <<a href="mailto:andrius.merkys@gmail.com">andrius.merkys@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
<br>
On 2022-04-13 17:31, Robert Hanson wrote:<br>
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 7:58 AM Robert Hanson <<a href="mailto:hansonr@stolaf.edu" target="_blank">hansonr@stolaf.edu</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:hansonr@stolaf.edu" target="_blank">hansonr@stolaf.edu</a>>> wrote:<br>
> I have a question for you. When I issue this request:<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://www.crystallography.net/cod/optimade/structures?filter=nelements=6&page_limit=2" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.crystallography.net/cod/optimade/structures?filter=nelements=6&page_limit=2</a><br>
> <<a href="https://www.crystallography.net/cod/optimade/structures?filter=nelements=6&page_limit=2" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.crystallography.net/cod/optimade/structures?filter=nelements=6&page_limit=2</a>><br>
> <br>
> I get a circular reference:<br>
> <br>
> image.png<br>
> <br>
> with<br>
> <a href="https://www.crystallography.net/cod/optimade/v1.1.0/structures/1000096" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.crystallography.net/cod/optimade/v1.1.0/structures/1000096</a><br>
> <<a href="https://www.crystallography.net/cod/optimade/v1.1.0/structures/1000096" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.crystallography.net/cod/optimade/v1.1.0/structures/1000096</a>><br>
> having the same link -- to itself!<br>
<br>
Yes, this is intentional. "self" is supposed to be a link to the record<br>
itself per OPTIMADE specification, I believe.<br>
<br>
> I was hoping for a reference to a cif file. :)<br>
> <br>
> Q: Is this the way OPTIMADE is supposed to work? Or is there a<br>
> problem with COD's implementation?<br>
<br>
Support for links to files is not yet in the OPTIMADE specification. It<br>
has a long standing feature request, though [1].<br>
<br>
[1] <a href="https://github.com/Materials-Consortia/OPTIMADE/issues/211" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/Materials-Consortia/OPTIMADE/issues/211</a><br>
<br>
Best wishes,<br>
Andrius<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Andrius Merkys<br>
Vilnius University Institute of Biotechnology, Saulėtekio al. 7<br>
LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania<br>
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