2014-02-27

BLAST XML output needs more love from NCBI

For some time I had thought that the best option for computer parsing of BLAST+ output was BLAST XML. It had all the key bits of information, and XML is designed for automated parsing. However, with the extra fields added to the tabular or comma separated output in BLAST+ 2.2.28 like the long overdue hit descriptions, and taxonomy fields, I think they are now preferable. BLAST XML is now lagging behind!