Description Format Specification

Please read this first when you use Idiographica. Idiographica requires you to input a simple file to describe what you want to show on your idiogram. Although this description file is supposed to be generated with a certain programming language, it is still possible to manually create a description file. However it requires you basic skills of creating text files and editing them. Please consult with your local software engineer/consultant on how you can prepare your discription file.

Overview

Title, legend and mapping information should be described by the format defined below, in one file.
Here are some example descriptions. Fields are separated by tabs.

title	32	blue	Title
legend	24	red	Olfactory_receptors	box
legend	32	blue	Chemokine_receptors	filled_circle
mapping	16	blue	Gene1	.	chr1	2000000	2010000	+
mapping	.	192,192,192	.	circle	chr2	5000000	5010000	-

Title line

Fields are: title <font_size> <color> <string>

<font_size>	Integer of 1 or more, or "."(default = height * 0.05).
<color>	Color name , RGB values separated by commas, for example, "255,128,128", or "."(default = black).
<string>	Arbitrary string.

Legend line

Fields are: legend <font_size> <color> <string> <shape>

<font_size> and <color> are same as in the "Title line".
<string>	Arbitrary string, or "."(no string).
<shape>	"box", "filled_box", "triangle", "filled_triangle", "circle", "filled_circle", or "."(default = filled_box).

Mapping line

The upper limit of the number of mapping data is 100,000.

Fields are: mapping <font_size> <color> <string>

<shape> <chromosome> <left> <right> <strand> <font_size> and <color> are same as in the "Title line".
<string>	Arbitrary string, or "."(no string).
<shape>	"box", "filled_box", "triangle", "filled_triangle", "circle", "filled_circle", or "."(default = filled_box). If you add shape as annotation, you should set "." to <string>. If you add string as annotation, you should set "." to <shape>.
<chromosome>	Chromosome ID of mapping data.
<left>	Left position of mapping data. Integer of 1 or more.
<right>	Right position of mapping data. Integer of 1 or more.
<strand>	+, - or ".".

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