Distributed Annotation System

Distributed Annotation System

The Distributed Annotation System (DAS) is used in bioinformatics to share and collate genomic annotation information.[1][2][3] It is an open source project.

From the biodas.org web site:

The distributed annotation system (DAS) is a client-server system in which a single client integrates information from multiple servers. It allows a single machine to gather up genome annotation information from multiple distant web sites, collate the information, and display it to the user in a single view. Little coordination is needed among the various information providers.

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Sites and tools currently using DAS

DAS clients

Name Description Links
BioJava DAS Client
Dasty A web client for visualizing protein sequence feature information using DAS [1] [2]
DasView A server-side Perl application. This tool is mentioned in the original DAS publication, but has subsequently disappeared.
EnsEMBL The EnsEMBL Genome Browser. Provides built-in support for DAS [3]
Geodesic An stand-alone Java application [4]
IGB The Integrated Genome Browser (IGB, pronounced "ig-bee") is an application built upon the GenoViz SDK and Genometry for visualization and exploration of genomes and corresponding annotations from multiple data sources [5]
Jalview A multiple sequence alignment editor & viewer [6]
OmniGene The user interface is based on the EnsEMBL interface [7] [8]
SPICE A browser for the annotations for protein sequences and structures [9] [10] [11]
STRAP Underlining sequence features in multiple alignments. Example output: [12] [13]
TIGR DAS Viewer [14] ?
WormBase The WormBase genome Browser. Includes a DAS viewer named DASView
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References

  1. ^ Dowell RD, Jokerst RM, Day A, Eddy SR, Stein L (2001). "The distributed annotation system.". BMC Bioinformatics 2: 7. doi:10.1186/1471-2105-2-7. PMC 58584. PMID 11667947. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=58584. 
  2. ^ Finn RD, Stalker JW, Jackson DK, Kulesha E, Clements J, Pettett R (2007). "ProServer: a simple, extensible Perl DAS server.". Bioinformatics 23 (12): 1568–70. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btl650. PMC 2989875. PMID 17237073. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2989875. 
  3. ^ Jenkinson AM, Albrecht M, Birney E, Blankenburg H, Down T, Finn RD, Hermjakob H, Hubbard TJ, Jimenez RC, Jones P, Kähäri A, Kulesha E, Macías JR, Reeves GA, Prlic A (2008). "Integrating biological data - the Distributed Annotation System.". BMC Bioinformatics. 9 Suppl 8: S3. doi:10.1186/1471-2105-9-S8-S3. PMC 2500094. PMID 18673527. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2500094. 

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