[Psidev-ms-dev] adding mzData support to ISB's "RAMP" mzXML reader lib

[Brian P. <bri...@in...>]

Greetings from mzXML-land!

I just wanted to drop a note to the mzData community saying that I've =
completed a first cut (not yet committed to CVS) at extending the =
Sashimi RAMP mzXML reader code to transparently handle mzData, thereby =
adding mzData compatiblity to future versions of the ISB's Trans =
Proteomic Pipeline and anything else using RAMP.  As our free =
InsilicosViewer also uses RAMP you'll be seeing mzData capability there =
soon as well.

I'd like to ask for a bit of help - there are a few examples of mzData =
to be found on the net, but I could use more.   Just within the handful =
I found through Google there's a fair amount of variability ("mz" vs =
MassToChargeRatio", for example) so I'd like to look at as many examples =
from the field as possible - the schema is obviously helpful but the =
devil is in the various writer implementations, which all need to be =
supported by a reader.

BTW is there any agreement on the proper filename extension for an =
mzData file?  In the mzXML world we tend to go with ".mzXML", as ".xml" =
is not very informative.  I've been assuming ".mzData" in my work so =
far, which several examples tend to support.  What say the mzData =
community and/or its gurus?

Thanks,

Brian Pratt
Insilicos LLC