Reference Servers will consists of two GET
APIs.
- GET Sequence by ID
/sequence/:id
- GET Metadata by ID
/sequence/:id/metadata
- GET Service info
/sequence/service-info
Detailed specifications regarding these APIs are covered in the doc, available here
Important points :
- Servers MAY or MAY NOT support circular sequences
- Servers MUST implement MD5 while other algorithms are optional
- Server MAY support a
302 Found
andLocation
header redirecting the client to retrieve sequence data from an alternative location.