Loom
The Loom file format is based on HDF5, a standard for storing large numerical datasets. The Loom format is designed to efficiently hold large omics datasets. Typically, such data takes the form of a large matrix of numbers, along with metadata for the rows and columns.
Term info
Created in
1.23
Documentation
https://linnarssonlab.org/loompy/semantics/index.html, https://linnarssonlab.org/loompy/format/index.html
Example
https://linnarssonlab.org/loompy/semantics/index.html
File extension
loom
Term relations
Subclass of:
- HDF5
- Gene expression report format
- is format of some Gene expression matrix
- is format of some Sequence tag profile