The new attribute server is now running, and is being used as the attribute repository on the annotator seed.
The biggest difference between the old system and the new one is the fact that you must create an attribute key before you can assign any values to it. New attributes can be defined at http://anno-3.nmpdr.org/attrib_server/Attributes.cgi. To use the attribute server, you need the following line in you FIG_Config.pm file.
$attrURL = "http://anno-3.nmpdr.org/attrib_server/AttribXMLRPC.cgi";
Experience has shown us that for best results you need to reduce the number of calls made to the server. For this reason, in your get_attributes call, you may specify a list reference for either of the first two parameters, and it will return values that match anything in the list.
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