I just made a small update to the doc, but probably didn't make it clear. The thought I'm trying to convey is that we are missing out on a huge opportunity by not having the API commands that perform ER-queries easier to use. To me, the ER-queries make the KBase platform very distinct (and more powerful) from other systems. I just can never seem to get them to work... maybe its just me, but somehow I doubt it. Today, I was trying to get a list of reactions that Valine was involved in and I gave up after 30 minutes. Actually, what I was trying to do was this:
1) get all the relationships that connect "Compounds"
2) for Valine, get all the results of those relationships (ie: Media IDs, Biomass terms, Reactions, etc).
What a powerful query! and what a success it would be to somehow make it easier. I don't know what this would take, but I'm happy to talk with whoever wants to try and figure out what it would take.
Ben