title: The GL service: Web service to exchange GL string encoded HLA & KIR genotypes with complete and accurate allele and genotype ambiguity.
abstract: Genotype list (GL) Strings use a set of hierarchical character delimiters to represent allele and genotype ambiguity in HLA and KIR genotypes in a complete and accurate fashion. A RESTful web service called genotype list service was created to allow users to register a GL string and receive a unique identifier for that string in the form of a URI. By exchanging URIs and dereferencing them through the GL service, users can easily transmit HLA genotypes in a variety of useful formats. The GL service was developed to be secure, scalable, and persistent. An instance of the GL service is configured with a nomenclature and can be run in strict or non-strict modes. Strict mode requires alleles used in the GL string to be present in the allele database using the fully qualified nomenclature. Non-strict mode allows any GL string to be registered as long as it is syntactically correct. The GL service source code is free and open source software, distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3 or later.
authors.affiliation: National Marrow Donor Program, MN, USA. Electronic address: bmilius@nmdp.org.
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Milius
authors.affiliation: National Marrow Donor Program, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heuer
authors.affiliation: National Marrow Donor Program, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: George
authors.affiliation: National Marrow Donor Program, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pollack
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Jill A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hollenbach
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Mack
authors.affiliation: National Marrow Donor Program, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maiers
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D056426:Genetic Loci; D005838:Genotype; D015236:HLA-C Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D054340:Receptors, KIR / Q000235:genetics*; D012984:Software; D064878:Web Browser
chemical_list: D015236:HLA-C Antigens; D054340:Receptors, KIR
keywords: GL string; Genotype; HLA; KIR; RESTful service