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Cooler file format

Abbreviation: .cool

General Information

Cooler is a file format that implements genomically-labeled sparse 2D arrays (matrices) with identical axes in HDF5. It is also the name of the Python package that supports the format. Cooler was designed for the storage and manipulation of extremely large Hi-C datasets at any resolution, but is not limited to Hi-C data in any way. Standard file extensions are .cool for single-resolution cooler files and .mcool for files storing multiple resolutions.

Homepage https://cooler.readthedocs.io/en/latest/datamodel.html

Countries that developed this resource United States

Created in 2016

Taxonomic range

All

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User-defined Tags

Chromosome Conformation

Genomic Contacts

Hi-C

How to cite this record FAIRsharing.org: .cool; Cooler file format; DOI: https://doi.org/10.25504/FAIRsharing.VJDEtl; Last edited: Sept. 20, 2019, 11:52 a.m.; Last accessed: Oct 22 2021 5:59 p.m.

Publication for citation Cooler: scalable storage for Hi-C data and other genomically-labeled arrays Abdennur, N and Mirny, L; bioRxiv ; 2019.

This record is maintained by 4DNucleome DCIC (4dn_dcic)

Record added: April 24, 2019, 4:37 p.m.
Record updated: April 29, 2019, 9:32 a.m. by The FAIRsharing Team.

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forum	GitHub Issue Tracker
online documentation	Documentation
online documentation	GitHub Repository

Additional Information

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Nezar Abdennur ORCID

Tools

Cooler	https://mirnylab.github.io/cooler/	0.8.5
4DN Hi-C Processing Pipeline (Docker image)	https://hub.docker.com/r/duplexa/4dn-hic/	v43
HiGlass	https://higlass.io/	1.5

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Applies to: Data use

BSD-3-Clause License (Modified BSD License) (New BSD License)

Publications

Cooler: scalable storage for Hi-C data and other genomically-labeled arrays

Abdennur, N and Mirny, L
bioRxiv 2019

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4DNucleome Data Portal
The 4D Nucleome Data Portal (4DN) hosts data generated by the 4DN Network and other reference nucleomics data sets, and an expanding tool set for open data processing and visualization. It is a platform to search, visualize, and download nucleomics data.

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This record is maintained by 4DNucleome DCIC (4dn_dcic)

Funds

NIH Common Fund, USA (Government body)

Maintains

Mirny Lab (Lab) Lead

Grant Number(s)

U54-DK107980-01 (NIH Common Fund, USA)

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