DASWorkshop2012

The 2012 DAS Workshop will be held on 27-29 Feb at the EBI Hinxton campus.

• Information & registration: registration

DAS Workshop 2012 Schedule

All 3 days will be held in the EBI training room.

Day 1

Some knowledge/experience of PERL or Java and or Javascript would be beneficial for the hands on training day.

Example DAS commands can be found here as a DAS quick reference guide: DAS examples

The draft schedule for Day 1 is below. Please note that session times are a rough indication only and will vary according to progress on the day.

Time	Title	Speaker	Resources
9:00	Welcome and Information	JW
9:00	DAS - Introduction/Overview	AJ	DAS Introduction
9:40	The DAS Game	LG	The DAS Game
10:00	DAS - Technical Introduction	AJ	DAS Technical Introduction
10:20	Coffee break
10:40	Using DAS software, an introduction to some DAS implementations	RJ	Implementations Introduction
11:00	Demo: creating a DAS source from a file with EasyDAS	RJ	easyDAS tutorial
11:10	Hands-on: viewing DAS sources with Ensembl	AJ	DAS in Ensembl
11:20	Introduction to DAS server frameworks	JW	10 minute introduction to DAS servers
11:30	Hands-on programming tutorial: Creating a custom DAS source	AJ/JW/LG/RJ	MyDAS -or- ProServer
12:30	Lunch break
13:30	Tutorial - DAS servers continued	AJ/JW/LG/RJ
14:50	Introduction and hands-on: The DAS registry	JW	DAS Registry Tutorial
15:10	Coffee Break
15:30	Introduction to DAS client libraries	LG	Introduction to client libraries
15:40	Hands-on programming tutorial: DAS client libraries	AJ/JW/LG/RJ	Bio::Das::Lite-or- JDAS -or- JSDAS. Each will cover sources, sequence & features using the same examples
17:30	Departure from Campus to Whittlesford Station/Holiday Inn at circa 17:30 hrs.
19:00	Dinner at the Red Lion Whittlesford 7.00 pm for 7.30 pm sit down.

Day 2 and Day 3: Developer Hackathon

This year we will not have a day of talks as in previous years. Instead, both day 2 and day 3 will be "DAS developers' days". This may include some updates on progress since the last workshop, discussions, and a code hackathon. The exact format is yet to be decided.

Recent developments since the last workshop

• DAS writeback
• DAS search
• Registry CRUD via a web service (get, post, put, delete) (JW)
• Alternative content negotiation (e.g. the Registry supports JSON for all requests and responses) (AJ/JW)
• Authentication/encryption in ProServer (AJ)

Suggestions for topics on Developers Days

Please feel free to add suggestions for discussions or code sprints.

• JSON roll out to other servers and clients? (JW)
• Firming up of the authentication DAS standard so the registry and writeback are consistent (JW)
• Add support for conditional get (If-Modified-Since - reply only if modified since the modified since header) or ETags? (JW)
• High density simple features such as SNPs - vcf format or simple json format without method and stop? (JW)

Possible DAS related Talks

• DAS Registry - new architecture and capabilities (JW)
• DAS in personal genomics (MC/JW/BG)
• Secure DAS trial (David Martin, Jim Procter, Thomas Down)