[DAS2] URIs for coordinates

Helt,Gregg Gregg_Helt at affymetrix.com
Mon Nov 13 17:10:05 UTC 2006


I think having a URI for each coordinate system is important.  We could use a simple syntax that constructs the URI from the coordinate system's authority, organism, and type.  If it resolves to something informative that would be nice, but not necessary.

	Gregg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Prlic [mailto:ap3 at sanger.ac.uk]
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 6:06 AM
> To: Helt,Gregg
> Cc: DAS/2 Discussion
> Subject: Re: URIs for coordinates
> 
> Hi Gregg!
> 
> > I'm editing the spec docs to clarify use of coordinates.  Where can
> > one find the URIs a server should use for the uri attribute in a
> > COORDINATES element?
> 
> 
> Hm. The das registry does not provide a list of uris so far, I can
> provide such a listing.
> 
> I believe the correct uri for the NCBI assembly version 35 for human
> should be something like
> 
> http://www.dasregistry.org/coordsys/CS_DS5
> 
> 
> >
> > Also, shouldn't these be the same URI?
> 
> yes they should.
> 
> Cheers,
> Andreas
> 
> 
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