[DAS2] Shouldn't prefix be /das2?

[Andrew Dalke]

> Shouldn't the prefix to das2 requests be http://server/blahblah/das2   
> ?
>
> It would make it easier for clients to load the correct parsing code 
> and would
> avoid the client having to make a round-trip to the server just to 
> determine
> whether it is dealing with a das/1 or das/2 server.

It doesn't need the round-trip.  It can look at the Content-Type to
figure that out.

Plus, few of the DAS1 servers follow the DAS1 naming scheme.  Here's
a list from Andreas' registry server.

genome.cbs.dtu.dk:9000/das/tmhmm/
genome.cbs.dtu.dk:9000/das/netoglyc/
das.ensembl.org/das/ens_sc1_ygpm/
atgc.lirmm.fr/cgi-bin/das/MethDB/
smart.embl.de/smart/das/smart/
supfam.org/SUPERFAMILY/cgi-bin/das/up/
mips.gsf.de/cgi-bin/proj/biosapiens/das/saccharomyces_cerevisiae/

All of them do have the substring '/das/' somewhere, but not
at the start/end of the string.

Now, the content-type might be "application/xml" and not sufficient
to disambiguate between the two documents, but in that case you can
dispatch based on the root element type.

					Andrew
					dalke at dalkescientific.com