File 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/

File 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.