[DAS] dsn

[Lincoln Stein]

They are not intended to define a coordinate system.  Entry points can be 
arbitrary "interesting areas" within a reference sequence.

Lincoln

On Friday 22 March 2002 07:56, David James Sherman wrote:
> Except that the entry points /define/ a coordinate system, not a
> interesting (bookmarked) position on a coordinate system. They are the
> origin of your number line. Feature coordinates on different number
> lines---for example, on different chromosomes---are incomparable.
>
> Of course, the starting point for an exploration on the server need
> not be the list of entry points. It could be a server-published list
> of interesting features, which could be entry points (number line
> origins), arms, golden path contigs, etc. according to server policy.
>
> I believe that the current protocol doesn't distinguish between the
> two roles played by entry points (coord. system and starting point).
>
>   > From:    "Matthew Pocock" <matthew_pocock@yahoo.co.uk>
>   > Cc:      <das@biodas.org>
>   > Date:    Fri, 22 Mar 2002 12:23:04 GMT
>   > Subject: Re: [DAS] dsn
>   >
>   > So, like a server-published list of bookmarked features?
>   >
>   > > The entry points were intended to be a well-known location where the
>   > > end user could enter the genome.  There are supposed to be no more
>   > > entry points than an be displayed in a popup menu.  For example,
>   > > the list of chromosomes.
>   > >
>   > >  Lincoln
>
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Lincoln D. Stein                           Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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