This is an important development towards a more efficiently readable format. My only concern are the mentioned reference implementations. Instead of having multiple reference implementation in various programming languages. I strongly suggest only one reference implementation in a low level…
Thank you to the authors for introducing this novel solution to major bottlenecks in data format. It is clear that a harmonised format across all platforms and vendors is necessary for the future of omics approaches as it will ensure compatibility and promote multiomics approaches too. From my…
I think this is an interesting suggestion with lots of potential. Increasing dataset sizes and searchability is indeed a major concern. However, it looks like all the authors are at academic institutions so it’s unclear to me how much buy-in there is from instrument manufacturers. Without their…
I appreciate the intent and effort involved in developing this document and proposed approaches. However, it seems that new file formats are being created often, and some of the proposed features of this format could be counterproductive for certain aims. To note my bias, I am a big fan of the…
I am excited to see this development.
I have just a few questions:
I don’t see any discussion of if/how the diversity of vendor formats is addressed. For example, while Thermo numbers scans sequentially Sciex applies a different scan numbering system utilizing 3 different numbers.
Will there be the…