[DAS] DAS Digest, Vol 73, Issue 2

[Dr. med. Christoph Gille]

> just to add - I've known some sources to become unstable with multiple
> accessions. I seem to remember that In jDas, Leyla implemented a
> fallback where for sources that threw errors with multiple accessions,
> it would instead make a series of single identifier requests.
>>> My second question:
>>> I have loaded all uniprot annotations as one single GFF file.
>>> http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/?query=reviewed%3ayes&force=yes&format=gff
>>>
>>> Is it possible to load such GFF file for other services using
>>> uniprot-identifiers?
> Ah - I think you are asking if any other DAS sources can serve GFF.
> Generally - no. However, it very much depends on the server
> implementation. I don't remember if any of the standard servers
> officially support GFF download, although I know that has been requested
> at DAS meetings.. and I seem to remember that Dazzle had a switch for GFF.
>
> Jim

Hi Jim,

many thanks for this valuable information.
I have not yet measured the time but indeed it feels faster for multiple
requests.

I like the idea of having a fall back as implemented by Leyla.

I am looking fwd to c U on the Vizbi
Cheers

Christoph