NAME
Bio::Das::ProServer::SourceAdaptor::Transport::bed12 - DBI-like access to a BED file
VERSION
$Revision: 548 $
SYNOPSIS
my $rows = $oTransport->query('select * from example.bed where chrom = chr1');
DESCRIPTION
Transport helper class for BED file access, implemented as an extension to Bio::Das::ProServer::SourceAdaptor::Transport::csv.
This transport is used by the Bio::Das::ProServer::SourceAdaptor::bed12 adaptor.
SUBROUTINES/METHODS
init - Initialises the CSV file with BED-specific functions
1. Sets the appropriate BED column names.
2. Sets the number of header lines to be skipped.
$bedtransport->init();
DIAGNOSTICS
Run ProServer with the -debug flag.
CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT
[mysource]
state = on
transport = bed12
path = /data/
filename = example.bed
DEPENDENCIES
INCOMPATIBILITIES
None reported.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
BED is mapped to DAS in the following manner:
1. The BED format allows for "blocks" within each line. Where these are present it is assumed that the line represents a group of features, with each block representing a single feature within the group. Lines without blocks are treated as if they contain a single full-length block.
2. DAS fields are mapped from BED fields as follows:
segment = <chrom> (minus the "chr" prefix)
start = <chromStart> + 1
end = <chromEnd>
ori = <strand>
score = <score>
group_id = <name>
feature_id = <name>:blocknum
type = <name>
method = string "BED conversion"
3. Browser and track configurations are not parsed because DAS has different ways of defining many of these attributes - namely coordinate systems and stylesheets. If you wish to define a stylesheet, set the 'stylesheetfile' INI property to the path of a suitable DAS stylesheet XML document.
SEE ALSO
- Bio::Das::ProServer::SourceAdaptor::bed12
- http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/customTrack.html#BED BED format
AUTHOR
Andy Jenkinson <andy.jenkinson@ebi.ac.uk>
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2008 EMBL-EBI
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.