[Biojava-dev] Direct access to public genome databases

[Andreas Prlic]

Hi,

>> Direct access to public genome databases (i.e. a class to import
>> sequence, annotations, etc. and create the applicable biojava object)
>> would be a very useful addition to BioJava.  The Ensj project doesn't
>> look like it has been updated since official support was dropped.  Are
>> there any plans to work these features into BioJava?  Have I missed
>> features that already exist?
>>
>> Depending on the amount of time required, I may be willing to
>> contribute to such an endeavor -- particularly for the purpose of
>> importing sequence.  I have quite a bit of experience working with
>> java, but not much in a collaborative environment.
>

Ensembl provides access to more and more of its data via DAS,
the Distributed Annotation System. DAS is a RESTful protocol to
access data from distributed sites over the internet.

http://www.ensembl.org/info/using/external_data/das/ensembl_das.html

it is quite heavily used and to see a list of available DAS services
see
http://www.dasregistry.org

Andreas


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