[EMBOSS] Support for multi-line annotation in ig format

[Peter Cock]

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Peter Rice <ricepeterm at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Dear Daniel,
>
>
> On 18/09/2012 03:00, Rozenbaum, Daniel (Biocceleration Inc) wrote:
>>
>> Greetings again,
>>
>> If I may, another question on the issue of IG format: how difficult would
>> it be to support database indexing for this format?
>
>
> Very easy, a 1-day job including testing and documentation.
>
> Could you please make some example data available, and indicate which fields
> could be indexed (including any information in formatted descriptions or in
> naming conventions), and suggest a format name (e.g. USPTO or
> Biocceleration)

Does it need a new format name? EMBOSS already defines "ig" and
"igstrict" - do the USPTO files diverge from these?

Peter C.

P.S. Biopython also uses the format name "ig", based on the current
EMBOSS terminology.