[DAS] DAS 1.6 draft

[Jonathan Warren]

looking through the das sources and the 1.6 spec it looks like  
duplication in the features method and type attributes and element  
contents happens a lot. Have we got some usage where the attribute and  
element are not just duplicated? would be good if anyone has any  
examples of these being used properly...



<FEATURE id="rs1042011" label="rs1042011">
         <TYPE id="nsSNP">nsSNP</TYPE>
         <METHOD id="dbSNP">dbSNP</METHOD>


or in some cases completely ignored such as type:
<TYPE id=""></TYPE><START>3756</START><END>3756</END><METHOD  
id="ssahaSNP">ssahaSNP</METHOD>


On 30 Mar 2009, at 14:47, Andy Jenkinson wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As many of you will know, we plan to update the ageing 1.53 version  
> of the DAS specification currently available on the BioDAS website  
> with one that hopefully better reflects current usage of DAS. Most  
> changes are taken from the extensions defined in the extended 1.53E  
> spec, but with some differences and further additions.
>
> We aim to formally release 1.6 at the end of June, but I have made  
> available the first draft:
> http://www.ebi.ac.uk/~aj/1.6_draft1/documents/spec.html
>
> The hope is that this will give software authors time to prepare, in  
> order to minimise the impact of the transition. Updated versions of  
> core client/server libraries (ProServer, Bio-Das-Lite, Dazzle,  
> Dasobert) will be made available in due course.
>
> I am happy to gather feedback and engage in discussion about the  
> changes (I won't list them individually here). Especially helpful  
> would be amendments for sections of the document that would improve  
> clarity, examples etc. Note that this is still a draft however - in  
> particular, the structure and alignment commands may be "tidied up"  
> and the stylesheet glyphs section further fleshed out.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
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