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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/README.md Sat Oct 31 12:44:54 2015 -0400 @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +# 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. + +```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> +```