[Biopython] Removing deprecated BLAST HTML parser

Peter biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk
Tue Sep 1 13:05:27 EDT 2009


Hi all,

The old HTML BLAST parser in Bio.Blast.NCBIWWW was deprecated
a year ago in Biopython 1.48, and in line with our deprecation policy I
would like to remove this for the next release.

Are there any objections?

The preferred BLAST output for parsing (as recommended by the NCBI
themselves) is XML. We also have a parser for the plain text output, but
this is not updated very frequently and the NCBI have a history of
making minor changes to the layout and breaking parsers.

Peter


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