Distributed Annotation System
Encyclopedia
The Distributed Annotation System (DAS) is used in bioinformatics
to share and collate genomic annotation information. It is an open source
project.
From the biodas.org web site:
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is the application of computer science and information technology to the field of biology and medicine. Bioinformatics deals with algorithms, databases and information systems, web technologies, artificial intelligence and soft computing, information and computation theory, software...
to share and collate genomic annotation information. It is an open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
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.
Sites and tools currently using DAS
- The DAS registration server
- Ensembl The EnsemblEnsemblEnsembl is a joint scientific project between the European Bioinformatics Institute and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, which was launched in 1999 in response to the imminent completion of the Human Genome Project...
Genome Browser - UCSC Genome Browser
- WormBase
- FlyBase
- TIGR
- ProServer
- SUPERFAMILY
- InterPro