[DAS] Dalliance: a new genome DAS client

[Jonathan Warren]

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On 4 Aug 2010, at 15:51, Jonathan Warren wrote:

> This url list 150 das sources that implement cors - see traffic  
> light on the end:
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> http://www.dasregistry.org/listServices.jsp?organism=any&CSName=any&CSTypes=any&capabilities=cors&labels=any&spec=any&cmd=find
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> You can check the headers responses for any of their valid responses.
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> If you  want some java code that adds this functionality to MyDAS I  
> can send it to you...
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> On 4 Aug 2010, at 15:03, Leyla Garcia wrote:
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>> About CORS,
>>
>> >If you run your own DAS servers and
>> >don't list them in the registry, you'll need to check for CORS  
>> compatibility
>> >yourself.  The latest versions of Proserver and Dazzle should both  
>> be okay.
>>
>> If I am not mistaken, Proserver already implements CORS headers?
>> Andy, could you please send me a link of a Proserver server that  
>> implements this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Leyla
>>
>> On 03/08/2010 21:52, Jonathan Warren wrote:
>>> This is very cool - I had a look the other day. Was wondering why  
>>> some sources could be attached and some can't....
>>> Best browser experience yet by far I'd say.
>>>
>>> No problems about adding CORS support - for the record I'm very  
>>> happy to implement new capabilities testing and other suggestions  
>>> to the registry from anyone who cares to drop me a line.  
>>> Especially if it's going to enhance and promote the use of the  
>>> registry :)
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3 Aug 2010, at 20:41, Thomas Down wrote:
>>>
>>>> As some of you already know, I've been experimenting recently  
>>>> with a
>>>> web-based DAS client for genomic data.  It's still in
>>>> a unashamedly prototypical state (in particular, some of the  
>>>> popups and
>>>> configuration stuff is outright clunky, and we know it!), but  
>>>> we're starting
>>>> to find it quite useful, and would be interested to receive more  
>>>> feedback.
>>>> So if you're curious, you can try it here:
>>>>
>>>>             http://www.biodalliance.org/human/ncbi36/
>>>>
>>>> It's a fully-fledged DAS/1.53 client (with a few bits of DAS/1.6,  
>>>> and
>>>> hopefully rather more coming soon), but has one major caveat:  
>>>> since it's
>>>> pure Javascript code running in your web browser, there are  
>>>> limitations to
>>>> which servers it can connect to.  Specifically, it will only work  
>>>> with DAS
>>>> servers that implement the W3C cross-origin resource sharing  
>>>> model (which
>>>> has been discussed on this list before, but drop me a line if  
>>>> you've got any
>>>> questions).  What does this mean in practice?  If you're adding  
>>>> datasources
>>>> from the registry, things are simple because Dalliance will only  
>>>> allow you
>>>> to add CORS-enabled sources (a huge thanks to Jonathan Warren for  
>>>> adding
>>>> some support for this in the registry).  If you run your own DAS  
>>>> servers and
>>>> don't list them in the registry, you'll need to check for CORS  
>>>> compatibility
>>>> yourself.  The latest versions of Proserver and Dazzle should  
>>>> both be okay.
>>>>
>>>> All comments, suggestions, and bug reports are welcome!
>>>>
>>>>                 Thomas Down.
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>>> Jonathan Warren
>>> Senior Developer and DAS coordinator
>>> blog: http://biodasman.wordpress.com/
>>> jw12 at sanger.ac.uk
>>> Ext: 2314
>>> Telephone: 01223 492314
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> Jonathan Warren
> Senior Developer and DAS coordinator
> blog: http://biodasman.wordpress.com/
> jw12 at sanger.ac.uk
> Ext: 2314
> Telephone: 01223 492314
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Jonathan Warren
Senior Developer and DAS coordinator
blog: http://biodasman.wordpress.com/
jw12 at sanger.ac.uk
Ext: 2314
Telephone: 01223 492314










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