unable to download mlst schemes

[samlipworth]

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/ariba", line 4, in
import('pkg_resources').run_script('ariba==2.13.4', 'ariba')
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 742, in run_script
self.require(requires)[0].run_script(script_name, ns)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 1503, in run_script
exec(code, namespace, namespace)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/ariba-2.13.4-py3.6-linux-x86_64.egg/EGG-INFO/scripts/ariba", line 310, in
args.func(args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/ariba-2.13.4-py3.6-linux-x86_64.egg/ariba/tasks/pubmlstget.py", line 11, in run
preparer.run()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/ariba-2.13.4-py3.6-linux-x86_64.egg/ariba/pubmlst_ref_preparer.py", line 75, in run
pubmlst = pubmlst_getter.PubmlstGetter(debug=self.debug, verbose=self.verbose)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/ariba-2.13.4-py3.6-linux-x86_64.egg/ariba/pubmlst_getter.py", line 19, in init
self.xml_tree = self._get_xml_file_tree()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/ariba-2.13.4-py3.6-linux-x86_64.egg/ariba/pubmlst_getter.py", line 28, in _get_xml_file_tree
self._download_file(xml_url, xml_file)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/ariba-2.13.4-py3.6-linux-x86_64.egg/ariba/pubmlst_getter.py", line 50, in _download_file
raise Error('Error downloading: ' + url)
ariba.pubmlst_getter.Error: Error downloading: http://pubmlst.org/data/dbases.xml

[samlipworth]

I have tried this in several ways - perhaps is is related to the file on pubmlst which actually appears to be empty. I have been able to execute this function successfuly in the past..

[samlipworth]

This was due to an error with the pubmlst site - the dbases.xml file was empty because of a server error in Oxford's zoology dept - this is now fixed and so I am closing this.