Htsget: a protocol for securely streaming genomic data.
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ABSTRACT: Summary
Standardized interfaces for efficiently accessing high-throughput sequencing data are a fundamental requirement for large-scale genomic data sharing. We have developed htsget, a protocol for secure, efficient and reliable access to sequencing read and variation data. We demonstrate four independent client and server implementations, and the results of a comprehensive interoperability demonstration.Availability and implementation
http://samtools.github.io/hts-specs/htsget.html.Supplementary information
Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
SUBMITTER: Kelleher J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6298043 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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htsget: a protocol for securely streaming genomic data.
Kelleher Jerome J Lin Mike M Albach C H CH Birney Ewan E Davies Robert R Gourtovaia Marina M Glazer David D Gonzalez Cristina Y CY Jackson David K DK Kemp Aaron A Marshall John J Nowak Andrew A Senf Alexander A Tovar-Corona Jaime M JM Vikhorev Alexander A Keane Thomas M TM
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) 20190101 1
<h4>Summary</h4>Standardized interfaces for efficiently accessing high-throughput sequencing data are a fundamental requirement for large-scale genomic data sharing. We have developed htsget, a protocol for secure, efficient and reliable access to sequencing read and variation data. We demonstrate four independent client and server implementations, and the results of a comprehensive interoperability demonstration.<h4>Availability and implementation</h4>http://samtools.github.io/hts-specs/htsget. ...[more]
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