[Biopython-dev] Bio.CDD, anyone?

[Peter]

> Bio.CDD is a module with a parser for CDD (NCBI's Conserved Domain Database)
> records. The parser parses HTML pages from CDD's web site. Since the parser
> was written about six years ago, the CDD web site has changed considerably.
> Bio.CDD therefore cannot parse current HTML pages from CDD.

A couple of years ago, I wanted to get the CDD domain name and
description and ended up writing my own very simple and crude parser
to extract just this information.  Doing a proper job would mean
extracting lots and lots of fields, e.g.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Structure/cdd/cddsrv.cgi?uid=29475

I wonder if the NCBI make any of this available as XML via Entrez?  I
had a quick look and couldn't find anything.

Peter