Submission to NAR Web Server issue 2026

[kdahlquist]

We will submit a proposal to the NAR Web Server issue for 2026.

• Instructions
• Window for submitting the proposal is November 10 - December 20.

Webservers must:

• be functional on the date of the proposal submission. Access to the server must be through a web browser.
• use the HTTPS protocol and run on the http standard port (443).
• Must provide a cookie consent form when cookies are used.
  • I don't think that that our disclaimer is enough. I think we need to have a form where they accept or reject the cookies to fulfill this. I opened a new issue to address this Update our cookie notification to include a form for the user to accept or reject cookies #1272.
• include a simple mechanism to try out sample data provided by the authors, for example, a button for automatic loading of the data. Sample data must be accessible to users so that they can confirm data formatting requirements.
  • @kdahlquist will make sure that the demo data input files are linked from the Documentation page.
• contain help pages and/or a tutorial with links to sample output that performs interactively in the same way as real output. The help pages must include information on how to interpret the results returned by the web server.
  • The demos fulfill the first part of this. The documentation page already includes some discussion, @kdahlquist will make sure this is up-to-date.
• keep every user's submitted data private and not viewable by anyone other than the user or those given permission by the user.
• N/A provide a web link to the results if the website is not able to return results immediately. The link should be provided at the time of data submission and allow the user to bookmark and access the results later. Ideally, the link will report the status of the job (queued, running, or finished). Any request for an email must state that it is optional.
• provide a clear benefit over similar applications or over using R packages.
• provide rich data output (e.g. hyperlinks and visualisations).
• have a free access statement or a licence link on the landing page.

[kdahlquist]

The ONE PAGE SUMMARY MUST:

• contain, at the top, one of the following affirmative statements:
  1. "This website is free and open to all users and there is no login requirement."
  2. "This website is free and open to all users. Upload and analysis of sensitive personal information requires a login."
• provide descriptions of the input data, the output, and the processing method;
• complete citations for previous publications of the method or the web server;
• and two to four keywords.
• include a notification if this is an update from a previous publication in the Web Server issue or elsewhere, and in that case, include an estimate of the number of users and the number of citations. Need to fix Google Analytics to address this Google analytics is broken; page views and file uploads are not appearing on the website. #1151
• N/A include a notification if this is a resubmission of a proposal or a paper rejected in a previous year.
• N/A Additionally, any third-party software employed by the website that has more restrictive usage terms must be listed.

On the upload page, the following must be specified:

• website address.
• website name.
• names, affiliations, and email addresses of all authors.
• the Pubmed ID(s) of peer-reviewed manuscripts that describe the method (if applicable).
• the browsers and/or operating systems under which the software was tested.