[emboss-dev] GFF3 in EMBOSS

[Pjotr Prins]

I am having a look at the GFF3 implementation in EMBOSS - mostly
ajax/core/ajfeat.c.

All features are loaded into RAM, and also the sequence information,
when in the file. Not only for GFF3, but for all feature data types.

On regular desktops this is a problem when loading a larger set,
and/or multiple genomes.

Is it the idea to load big data and store it in a SQL database? I.e.
should I recommend handling it outside EMBOSS?

Pj.