Figure 6

Resource Invocation Graph (RIG). The client creates an invocation graph by either using the response graph returned from the discovery server or executing a HTTP GET on a resource returned by the discovery server to get the resource's latest definition. In either case, the client then annotates the graph with its specific input data. Here, the client enters the key value ncbiTaxa:commonName = "barrel medic" and HTTP POSTs the graph to the resource. SSWAP best practices encourage providers to attempt to satisfy invocation graphs sent to them by altering those graphs (for example, by completing sswap:Subject to sswap:Object mappings) instead of returning their own de novo representations of the mappings. This allows clients to assimilate contributions from various resources on a single graph of their choosing by passing it from resource to resource.