SAM
http://edamontology.org/format_2573
Sequence Alignment/Map (SAM) format for alignment of nucleotide sequences (e.g. sequencing reads) to (a) reference sequence(s). May contain base-call and alignment qualities and other data.
Term info
Subsets
formats, edam
Created in
beta12orEarlier
Documentation
https://samtools.github.io/hts-specs/SAMv1.pdf
comment
The format supports short and long reads (up to 128Mbp) produced by different sequencing platforms and is used to hold mapped data within the GATK and across the Broad Institute, the Sanger Centre, and throughout the 1000 Genomes project.
hasDbXref
https://samtools.github.io/hts-specs/SAMv1.pdf