[Psidev-ms-dev] mzTab developments

[Jones, A. <And...@li...>]

Here is copied a message I just posted on the mzTab for metabolomics google group. Copied here for information, since proteomics people may be interested in discussions around mzTab development.
Best wishes
Andy

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Hi all,

For those of you who were not at the EBI the last couple of days, here is a quick summary of what was discussed and decided at the workshop. Longer version of the minutes are here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d77BzfyZLCz-5TPiVEun-8G8VBOxGOjkD-HhaqWanz4/edit

Outcomes
We are working towards an mzTab-M 1.1 release over the next few months, and there is a spec doc in GitHub that is close to release candidate status. In this document, the proteomics aspects have been stripped out, and it has been separated into core and metabolomics parts.

At the moment, there is no impetus to move proteomics to 1.1 release, so for now mzTab 1.0 is the stable proteomics standard. When further implementations are developed, then it might be that there is a desire to develop an mzTab-P 1.1 or 1.2 version, to fix bugs etc.

Towards release candidate, then release:
- We will convert the spec doc to an ascii doc format, which can be rendered for viewing, but can also be picked up by software - Nils is going to work on this.
- Nils is going to develop jmzTab and validation
- Joel is going to update the Progenesis QI exporter
- Steffen has already implemented a draft XCMS to mzTab exporter

The overall plan is to produce a release candidate over the next month or so, then look to submit to a document process before the year end. A PSI-like document process will be run, probably under an MSI banner.

We will resume fortnightly calls later on in Sept, and will make active use of GitHub issues list. I will also update the existing issues, with things discussed and resolved in the meeting.

best wishes
Andy