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What really interests me is why your field is still using untyped CSV data for exchanging information, instead of say XML. And why hasn't there been a collabor
by qayxc 5y ago
What really interests me is why your field is still using untyped CSV data for exchanging information, instead of say XML.
And why hasn't there been a collaboration between professionals to fix this on an organisational level (like agreeing on a spreadsheet template or sane method for data exchange)?
Is it really every lab for themselves with MS Excel and CSV of all things being the lowest common denominator?
- acomjean 5y agoFile sizes are an issue and xml won’t help. The file formats are wierd (fasta?) but they are at least kinda standard. There are groups dedicated to organizing/ annotating genes. They’re quite organized and have highly structured databases. http://gmod.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Chado http://gmod.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Chado A lot of the model orgainism species have gotten together to make thinks more uniform. https://www.alliancegenome.org/ https://www.alliancegenome.org/ Also most people in this field are using free software.