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ProServer: a simple, extensible Perl DAS server.

Robert D Finn1, James W Stalker, David K Jackson

  • 1Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Geome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
|January 24, 2007
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Biological databases are increasingly federated, requiring data exchange protocols like Distributed Annotation System (DAS). ProServer is a new, extensible DAS server for sharing biological data, including structure and alignment information.

Area of Science:

  • Bioinformatics
  • Computational Biology
  • Database Management

Background:

  • Biological databases are growing in size and complexity.
  • Federating databases is preferred over duplication for data sharing.
  • Protocols are essential for inter-database data exchange.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel, lightweight Distributed Annotation System (DAS) server.
  • To facilitate data sharing between federated biological databases.
  • To support the exchange of diverse data types, including structure and alignment data.

Main Methods:

  • Development of ProServer, a Perl-based DAS server.
  • ProServer operates independently of a separate HTTP server.
  • The ProServer package is designed for extensibility across various data models.

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Main Results:

  • ProServer enables data serving from diverse underlying data models.
  • The server supports recent DAS protocol additions for structure and alignment data.
  • ProServer facilitates the integration of data into platforms like the Ensembl genome browser.

Conclusions:

  • ProServer offers a simple and extensible solution for federated biological data sharing.
  • The developed DAS server supports the exchange of sequence, structural, and alignment data.
  • This approach addresses the growing need for efficient data integration in large biological datasets.