Htsget: A protocol for securely streaming genomic data

Jerome Kelleher, Mike Lin, C. H. Albach, Ewan Birney, Robert Davies, Marina Gourtovaia, David Glazer, Cristina Y. Gonzalez, David K. Jackson, Aaron Kemp, John Marshall, Andrew Nowak, Alexander Senf, Jaime M. Tovar-Corona, Alexander Vikhorev, Thomas M. Keane, Dixie Baker, Vadim Zalunin, Angel Pizarro, Richard DurbinMark Diekhans, Edmon Begoli, Ilia Tulchinsky, Heng Li, Rishi Nag, Stephen Keenan, Ilkka Lappalainen, Jim Robinson

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)119-121
Number of pages3
JournalBioinformatics
Volume35
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2019

Funding

This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust [100956/Z/13/Z][201535/ Z/16/Z].

FundersFunder number
Wellcome Trust201535/ Z/16/Z, 100956/Z/13/Z

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