diff --git a/config/plugins/visualizations/circster/config/circster.xml b/config/plugins/visualizations/circster/config/circster.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE visualization SYSTEM "../../visualization.dtd">
+<visualization name="circster">
+    <data_sources>
+        <data_source>
+            <model_class>HistoryDatasetAssociation</model_class>
+            <test type="isinstance" test_attr="datatype" result_type="datatype">data.Data</test>
+            <to_param param_attr="id">dataset_id</to_param>
+            <to_param assign="hda">hda_ldda</to_param>
+        </data_source>
+        <data_source>
+            <model_class>LibraryDatasetDatasetAssociation</model_class>
+            <test type="isinstance" test_attr="datatype" result_type="datatype">data.Data</test>
+            <to_param param_attr="id">dataset_id</to_param>
+            <to_param assign="ldda">hda_ldda</to_param>
+        </data_source>
+    </data_sources>
+    <params>
+        <param type="visualization">id</param>
+        <param type="hda_or_ldda">dataset_id</param>
+        <param_modifier type="string" modifies="dataset_id">hda_ldda</param_modifier>
+        <param type="dbkey">dbkey</param>
+    </params>
+    <!-- template_root and template are currently ignored for the 'built-in' visualizations -->
+    <template_root>webapps/galaxy/visualization</template_root>
+    <template>circster.mako</template>
+    <render_location>_top</render_location>
+</visualization>
diff --git a/config/plugins/visualizations/phyloviz/config/phyloviz.xml b/config/plugins/visualizations/phyloviz/config/phyloviz.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE visualization SYSTEM "../../visualization.dtd">
+<visualization name="phyloviz">
+    <data_sources>
+        <data_source>
+            <model_class>HistoryDatasetAssociation</model_class>
+            <test type="isinstance" test_attr="datatype" result_type="datatype">data.Newick</test>
+            <test type="isinstance" test_attr="datatype" result_type="datatype">data.Nexus</test>
+            <to_param param_attr="id">dataset_id</to_param>
+        </data_source>
+    </data_sources>
+    <params>
+        <param type="dataset" var_name_in_template="hda" required="true">dataset_id</param>
+        <param type="integer" default="0">tree_index</param>
+    </params>
+    <!-- template_root and template are currently ignored for the 'built-in' visualizations -->
+    <template_root>webapps/galaxy/visualization</template_root>
+    <template>phyloviz.mako</template>
+    <render_location>_top</render_location>
+</visualization>
diff --git a/config/plugins/visualizations/sweepster/config/sweepster.xml b/config/plugins/visualizations/sweepster/config/sweepster.xml
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index 00000000000..e2ef46223d8
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+++ b/config/plugins/visualizations/sweepster/config/sweepster.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE visualization SYSTEM "../../visualization.dtd">
+<visualization name="sweepster">
+    <data_sources>
+        <data_source>
+            <model_class>HistoryDatasetAssociation</model_class>
+            <test type="isinstance" test_attr="datatype" result_type="datatype">data.Data</test>
+            <to_param param_attr="id">dataset_id</to_param>
+            <to_param assign="hda">hda_ldda</to_param>
+        </data_source>
+        <data_source>
+            <model_class>LibraryDatasetDatasetAssociation</model_class>
+            <test type="isinstance" test_attr="datatype" result_type="datatype">data.Data</test>
+            <to_param param_attr="id">dataset_id</to_param>
+            <to_param assign="ldda">hda_ldda</to_param>
+        </data_source>
+    </data_sources>
+    <params>
+        <param type="visualization" var_name_in_template="viz">visualization</param>
+        <param type="hda_or_ldda" var_name_in_template="dataset">dataset_id</param>
+        <param_modifier type="string" modifies="dataset_id">hda_ldda</param_modifier>
+    </params>
+    <!-- template_root and template are currently ignored for the 'built-in' visualizations -->
+    <template_root>webapps/galaxy/visualization</template_root>
+    <template>sweepster.mako</template>
+    <render_location>_top</render_location>
+</visualization>
diff --git a/config/plugins/visualizations/trackster/config/trackster.xml b/config/plugins/visualizations/trackster/config/trackster.xml
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index 00000000000..ff420a44ac7
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+++ b/config/plugins/visualizations/trackster/config/trackster.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE visualization SYSTEM "../../visualization.dtd">
+<visualization name="trackster">
+    <!--not tested yet -->
+    <data_sources>
+        <data_source>
+            <model_class>HistoryDatasetAssociation</model_class>
+            <test type="isinstance" test_attr="datatype" result_type="datatype">data.Data</test>
+            <to_param param_attr="id">dataset_id</to_param>
+            <to_param assign="hda">hda_ldda</to_param>
+            <to_param param_attr="dbkey">dbkey</to_param>
+        </data_source>
+        <data_source>
+            <model_class>LibraryDatasetDatasetAssociation</model_class>
+            <test type="isinstance" test_attr="datatype" result_type="datatype">data.Data</test>
+            <to_param param_attr="id">dataset_id</to_param>
+            <to_param assign="ldda">hda_ldda</to_param>
+        </data_source>
+    </data_sources>
+    <params>
+        <param type="visualization">id</param>
+        <param type="dataset">dataset_id</param>
+        <param type="genome_region">genome_region</param>
+        <param type="dbkey">dbkey</param>
+    </params>
+    <!-- template_root and template are currently ignored for the 'built-in' visualizations -->
+    <template_root>webapps/galaxy/visualization/tracks</template_root>
+    <template>browser.mako</template>
+    <render_location>_top</render_location>
+</visualization>