What structures of files should be accepted and parsed? #50

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1. billhowe commented on Apr 15, 2015

   

   billhowe

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   On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 8:33 AM, Patrick Michaud notifications@github.com
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   A slightly broader version of #49
   #49, perhaps. Right now,
   the system takes roughly rectangular data - data that comes to us looking
   roughly like a table, and it becomes a table.

   Are there other structures that should be supported? Like FASTA, JSON, XML?

   We haven't had huge demand for alternative types, though I'm enthusiastic
   about FASTA to try and reach some bioinformatics folks.

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2. shrjain commented on Apr 15, 2015

   

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   Also, JSON and XML get us into the world of nested structures, which we might not want.