Dazzle
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Dazzle
Dazzle is an easy to use server for the Distributed Annotation System (DAS).
It is implemented as a Java servlet, using the BioJava APIs. Dazzle is a modular system which uses small "datasource" plugins to provide access to a range of databases. Several general-purpose plugins are included in the package, and it it straightforward to develop new plugins to connect to your own databases.
Dazzle has been developed at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute by Thomas Down.
Getting Dazzle
Dazzle can be downloaded from Dazzle:download.
Installation and Configuration
For installation and configuration instructions, please see the Dazzle:deployment guide.
For learning how to write your own Dazzle plugins, please see the Dazzle:writeplugin tutorial.
For learning how to deploy an Ensembl DAS reference server see the instructions here.
If you want to follow Dazzle development, you can obtain up-to-date source code via Subversion from http://www.derkholm.net/svn/repos/dazzle/.
Available Plugins
There are a number of ready made plugins available that can be set up with simply configuring dazzlecfg.xml correctly. See Dazzle:plugins for more details on this. For instructions how to write your own plugin go to Dazzle:writeplugin
DAS Extensions
Dazzle provides support for the DAS extensions that are available in the DAS 1.53E specification
