[Biopython-dev] [Bug 2771] Bio.Entrez.read can't parse XML files from dbSNP (snp database)

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http://bugzilla.open-bio.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2771





------- Comment #3 from biopython-bugzilla at maubp.freeserve.co.uk  2009-02-20 13:03 EST -------
(In reply to comment #2)
> This may be an NCBI bug, ...

According to this page there is/was a problem with the XML files returned for
the snp database by efetch,
http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/esoap_help.html

>> Known issues
>> * ...
>> * eFetch utility generates an invalid XML for SNP, so currently it doesn't
>>   work through SOAP. The bug is being fixed.
>> * ...

Unfortunately I have no idea if that information is current or not.  This could
been unrelated.


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