[Cdd-commits] r998 - projects/med/trunk/debian-med/tasks

[CDD Subversion Commit]

Author: tille
Date: Tue Jul 22 12:27:35 2008
New Revision: 998

Modified:
   projects/med/trunk/debian-med/tasks/bio
Log:
Added DAS ProServer


Modified: projects/med/trunk/debian-med/tasks/bio
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--- projects/med/trunk/debian-med/tasks/bio	(original)
+++ projects/med/trunk/debian-med/tasks/bio	Tue Jul 22 12:27:35 2008
@@ -1785,3 +1785,40 @@
  Utility scripts are provided to delete previous search results, and
  dump cDNA clones sequences (such as those that passed the QC
  checking) from the cdna_db.
+
+Depends: das-proserver
+Homepage: http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Software/analysis/proserver/
+License: Same as Perl
+Pkg-Description: lightweight Distributed Annotation System (DAS) server
+ The Distributed Annotation System (DAS) is a data exchange protocol
+ for open sharing of biological information.
+ .
+ ProServer is a very lightweight DAS server written in Perl. It is
+ simple to install and configure and has existing adaptors for a wide
+ variety of data sources. It is also easily extensible allowing
+ adaptors to be written for other data sources. More information about
+ the DAS protocol and what it is useful for is available over at
+ http://biodas.org.
+ .
+ New large scale techniques in biology are producing a rapidly growing
+ amount of public available data. Centralized database resources are
+ confronted with the task how to scale their storage facilities, how
+ to manage frequent updates and how to exchange the data with the
+ community.
+ .
+ The Distributed Annotation System (DAS) addresses these issues. It is
+ frequently being used to openly exchange biological annotations
+ between distributed sites. Data distribution, performed by DAS
+ servers, is separated from visualization, which is done by DAS
+ clients.
+ .
+ DAS is a client-server system in which a client like Ensembl
+ 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.
+ .
+ DAS is heavily used in the genome bioinformatics community. Over the
+ last years we have also seen growing acceptance in the protein
+ sequence and structure communities.