[DAS] maxbins in DAS1.6?

[Andy Jenkinson]

On 15 Sep 2009, at 17:28, Thomas Down wrote:

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> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Jonathan Warren <jw12 at sanger.ac.uk>  
> wrote:
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> I've always had an issue with the commands like this http://www.ebi.ac.uk/das-srv/genomicdas/das/eqtl_rat_cis_fat 
>  not being a valid das command as it's the most natural request for  
> a person new to das to make. So giving it a specific purpose and  
> response is a good idea.
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> What would you put there?  HTML "welcome" information (which seems  
> to be ProServer's current behaviour)?  DAS XML?  (in which case...  
> the relevant SOURCE element, or something else)?  DAS XML with some  
> strong encouragement for servers to attach a stylesheet to turn it  
> into something readable if you hit it with a browser?

DAS sources XML seems the obvious choice, and existing sources XSL  
stylesheets should parse it anyway.